New houses need to pay maintenance funds, and most of them have to pay maintenance funds only after buying new houses. Second-hand housing maintenance funds are paid with households. If the household has paid the house maintenance fund before and has not used it, it will be directly transferred to the second-hand house buyers. The housing maintenance fund is generally charged at 2% to 3% of the total housing price and belongs to all owners. Generally collected by the developer and transferred to the exclusive account of housing provident fund within 30 working days after receipt.

In most cases, the housing maintenance fund cannot be refunded, but it can be refunded if it meets the following conditions:

1. On the premise of house loss, it is necessary to return the remaining house special maintenance funds in the house ledger.

2. After the house is lost, the book balance of the residential special maintenance fund deposited by the selling unit shall be returned to the selling unit.

3, after the loss of the house, the selling unit does not exist, in accordance with the financial affiliation of the selling unit, the state treasury at the same level. Yoshiya real estate encyclopedia, buying a house needs more knowledge.