An End to Fines
The Junta de Andalucía is still sending inspectors to real estate offices in the Andalucia region in an enthusiastic attempt to enforce the decreto 218/2005. Agents can be fined up to a staggering €400000 for non-compliance with the ruling, which sets out a list of often ambiguous and complicated requirements for agents and developers to adhere to.
The lack of available information and severity of penalties have created quite a stir amongst real estate professionals, not only those whom have already been fined thousands of Euros for non-compliance with a ruling which many were quite genuinely unaware of.
Help is at hand, however. Boja218.com is a new organization whose main aim is to offer information, support and tools to help agents in Andalucia conform to the decree thus avoiding fines. They provide real estate software containing all tools necessary to make a business compliant with the decree, including forms, signs and integrated management software. Their site contains comprehensive information and downloads, they can even supply the compulsory property packs called DIAs or Fichas Informativas (similar to the HIPS already in place in the UK).
For more information, products and services, please go to www.boja218.com
Andalucía Estate Agents Strike Back
After years of fines, inspections and fear, agents can finally sleep at night. Thanks to boja218.com, an organization set up to help real estate professional comply with the decreto 218/2005, they are making their businesses fully compliant thus knowing that they are safe from fines.
In 2005, the Reglamento de informacion al consumidor en la compraventa y arrendamiento de viviendas en Andalucia passed a decree which states that all real estate professionals operating in Andalucía must adhere to a new set of regulations defining the running of their business, specifically the availability of information to the consumer. Amongst other things, any client requesting information about a property now has the right to a DIA or Ficha Informativa (a property information pack much like the UK HIP)
Since then, the Junta de Andalucía has been fining agents thousands of Euros for lack of compliance with the ruling, and more recently this activity has been greatly increased, causing many businesses to stop marketing and even close shop.
Agents are now able to fight the fines, however, with the help of boja218.com, an organization offering real solutions to the problems caused by the ruling. They provide a complete software system with all the tools required for the correct operation of a real estate business in accordance with the decree. The also offer the added service of compiling the compulsory DIAS and FI packs.
Many companies are already benefiting from their services, and agents are realizing that there are distinct advantages to adhering to the rules of the decreto, other than avoiding fines. The transparency created by having all the property information readily available makes selling easier and buying safer, so business can actually benefit from something that used to be seen as a negative.
For more information, products and services, please go to www.boja218.com
Help At Last
Since the ruling of the decreto 218/2005, real estate professionals in Andalucía have been desperately trying to obtain information about to how to comply with the new guidelines, and avoid the enormous fines being happily doled out by the Junta de Andalucia.
With limited available information (none in English) as well as the impenetrable maze of the Spanish authorities being as it is, the need for an informative organization was considerable and now, at last, help is at hand.
Boja218.com not only provides information, interpretation and translations of the decree, but also real estate management software containing all the tools required for the adherence to the new rules. They provide property packs, signs, forms, instructions, property management software, client management software and even the option to be a part of a decreto-compliant MLS, if the agent so wishes.
For more information, products and services, please go to www.boja218.com
