Fee Structure

Clear, transparent, simple. This document explains every user-facing fee on OpenHouse — what you pay, when you pay it, and how it behaves across the synthetic and real asset phases.


OpenHouse charges fees when you trade, not for holding. Here's what you pay.

Action
Fee
When

Buy (synthetic or secondary)

~1.5%

Added to your investment

Sell

~1.5%

Deducted from proceeds

Hold

0%

Never

Claim yield

0%

Never

Gas

0%

Covered by OpenHouse

Exact percentages are shown before you confirm any transaction.

Buying

When you buy shares, a fee of around 1.5% is added to your investment. Your full investment goes into shares—the fee doesn't reduce your position.

This applies in both the synthetic phase and when buying on the secondary market.

Selling

When you sell, a fee of around 1.5% is deducted from your proceeds. The net amount goes to your wallet.

Holding and Claiming

There are no fees for holding shares or claiming yield. What you see in your wallet is what you get.

Gas Fees

OpenHouse covers all blockchain transaction costs. You don't need ETH. You only need USDC.

Property Operating Costs

The only ongoing deduction from rental income is 8% property management.

Other property costs—insurance, maintenance reserves, stamp duty, legal fees—are funded from the initial raise. They are not deducted from rent.

Net Rental Yield = Gross Yield × 0.92

Fee Caps

Fee parameters are enforced by smart contracts. Maximum limits are hard-coded on-chain:

Fee Type
Maximum

Buy fee

10%

Sell fee

10%

Platform fee

10%

Current fees are well below these caps. The caps exist as protection—fees cannot be increased beyond these limits without redeploying contracts.

Where Fees Go

Fees fund platform operations: development, compliance, customer support, and the liquidity infrastructure that lets you trade freely.

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