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The Olive Press

The Olive Press The property Pack Fines

Sur in English

Entitlement to more information about properties for sale. Sur in English

Facua Andalucía

FACUA Andalucía denuncia a 119 inmobiliarias, por vulnerar los decretos sobre información al consumidor y hojas de reclamaciones.Facua

Alhaurin Today

Alhaurin Today 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

The Entertainer

No More Fines

The Junta de Andalucia has been fining agents for non-compliance with the decreto218/2005 of the 11th October more and more. 144 offices in the region have been visited in March and April alone, and when fines being doled out can reach a maximum of €400000, the situation is to be taken seriously.

The decree contains a list of rules that must be adhered to when marketing a property for sale or rental. For example, every property must be accompanied by an information pack called a DIA or FI, marketing material is subject to strict guidelines and every office must have various notices presented in a visible location.

Inspectors are consistently visiting offices across Andalucia, without warning. They do not have to reveal their identity and could even go as far as to view a property with an unsuspecting agent before handing over a fine for non-compliance with the decreto 218/2005. The severity of the situation has caused agencies in Andalucia to take down window cards, cease all advertising and in some cases even close their offices.

Now a new organization called www.boja218.com has sprung up to help agents make their companies &oja;218 compliant", thus avoiding the potentially hefty fines that are being doled out. A spokesperson for boja218.com told us:

So many agents asked us for information and software solutions, we could find any such organization or software system anywhere, so we created it ourselves. Now we are helping countless agents upgrade their business so they can start working again without fear of finest

The organization offers real estate software which provides all the tools necessary for adherence to the decreto 218/2005 rules, as well as property packs, information and advice.

Please go to www.boja218.com for more information.

Alora today

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

Coin Today

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

El Almería

El Gobierno utilizará la fórmula de decreto-ley para agilizar el desarrollo del Estatuto. El Almería