12.16.09
Singapore Sets the Rules for Property Industry
In industry, the barriers to entry into the labor market is set artificially low, it’s probably no surprise that the real estate industry in the stomach for a variety of existence and untrustworthy agents. Their presence is actually the price of Singapore’s reputation as a well-oiled machine.
The proposed measures are: Centralized Accreditation and Registration, Regulatory Framework, Dispute Resolution Center. With alarming and frequent number of complaints lodged on errand and rogue property agents, the Ministry of Development has reacted with necessary counter measures.
One of the key elements of the proposal is a centralized licensing and registration. Team of professionals will be to oversee the operation. In this way, mandatory registration of all agents and the database will be observed for potential tenants to check the background of new job seekers.
This is mainly to stop the situation of employment hopping between the agents, even illegally, with more jobs.
To put muscles into the proposal, a regulatory framework is also introduced. A new enforcement unit would be made responsible of dispensing demerit points to errant agents/agencies.
This is undoubtedly bring relief to consumers who discouraged by the current system. New court intended that the much-anticipated public confidence booster, real estate professionals to bring him sat. The goal is to minimize the costs lead from all sides, and subsequently to a rapid solution.
The initial funding of this tribunal would come from the government but this is done with a view to pass down the operation, and thus the funding, back to the industry.
But the Government also emphasized that it does not replace existing agency settled the court. The government expects that the current system should be available, and attempts to formulate the rules and fine-tuning of the process from the stands on the official court of the agency.
The implementation part of the proposal would be rolled out in phases and become fully operational. Policy makers are optimistic about the initiatives designed to address the dropping service level within the real estate industry and hopeful that it will eventually repair the damage done.
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