TUMONG ug katuyoan sa movement nga magduso alang sa pag-amenda sa Real Estate Service Act of 2009 (RESA) kinsa nakakuha og suporta sa pipila ka mga dagkong real estate organizations sa nasud nga miapil sa panawagan alang sa A Better Real Estate Philippines (ABREP).
Dugang pa nga katuyoan niini nga balaud mao ang pagtubag sa growing 6.5 million housing backlog. Ang mga eksperto nag-ingon nga ang backlog gilauman nga modako pa ngadto sa 22 million sa tuig 2040 ug magbiya nga di matubag ang minilyon ka mga Filipino families nga walay pormal nga balay.
Ang ABREP, usa ka movement nga nangitag pamaagi aron madugangan ang mga livelihood opportunities sa mga Filipinos, pag-promotar sa paggamit sa teknolohiya sa real estate, ug “bolster the salesforce” maong ang backlog mamahimong matubag nga sa kasamtangan
nakiglambigit sa industry stakeholders, nga gilangkuban sa practitioners, developers, ug bisan mga regulatory bodies.
Sa virtual press conference, si ABREP President Anthony Leuterio nagbutyag, “RESA is a pre-automation law that does not serve the purpose it was intended to. It was supposed to professionalize the industry, but instead, it’s stopping the industry from progressing.”
Giingon ni Leuterio nga matag dagko nga real estate organizations, sama sa Chamber of Real Estate Builders Associations (CREBA); National Real Estate Association (NREA); Real Estate Brokers Association of the Philippines (REBAP); Organization of Socialized and Economic Housing Developers of the Philippines (OSHDP); Subdivision and Housing Developers Association (SHDA), dunay ilang kaugalingon nga specific positions sa proposed amendments sa RESA, ug nagkahiusa sa pagduso sa legislative change.
“RESA is not a perfect law; that is why it is subject to change. We, as an association, should remain receptive to changes in regulations,” sulti sa REBAP National Board Edwin Calamba. “Our group is supporting ABREP in amending the RESA not just for a select few but for the betterment of the whole industry.”
Dugang pa, gibutyag ni Leuterio nga ang ABREP
daan nang nakaabot sa Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) may kalabutan sa ilang proposed amendments diin sila naghulat sa feedback.
“We are not alone in our call to amend RESA. Real estate practitioners and developers have all united to make this a better law for Filipinos. At ABREP, we believe that with their guidance, the next version of RESA will do much more to serve the Filipino,” niya pa.
Alang sa posisyon sa ABREP ang RESA usa ka anti-poor nga daan nang gipanawagan niadtong 2016 nga amendahan.
Ang CREBA, usa ka dako nga organisasyon sa mga developers sa Pilipinas, nagbutyag nga ang Section 14 sa RESA usa ka “discriminatory scholastic requirements,” naghisgot sa “expensive and onerous” nga Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Management (BSREM) degree requirement alang sa brokers lakip na ang 2-year college requirement alang sa salespersons.
“We will be depriving these individuals the chance to partake in the economic benefits of real estate,” sulti ni CREBA National President Noel Cariño sa iyang 2017 statement. “Many of them have been there working for so long, and then they will be suddenly cut-off because they cannot qualify for registration.”
Sa mga katuigan, daghan sa mga controversial provisions sa RESA nga anaa sa tunga sa “public outcry.”
Usa sa nasampit nga probisyon naka-highlighted isip law’s critics mao ang Section 32 nga “rule on the 1-is-to-20 ratio” alang sa real estate brokers ngadto na sa salespersons.
“We cannot sell so many real estate units if we do not have enough agents, which is restricted by this 1-is-to-20 rule. The law provides that only those who are graduates of BSREM can apply to become a licensed broker---and less than 100 people graduate from this course, a big number of which are not passing the board exam,” sulti sa NREA pinaagi ni past president Benny Cabrieto Jr. sa uwahing week’s press conference.
Ang renowned real estate developer, consultant, ug TV host RJ Ledesma nagpagula sa iyang sentimento sa current restrictions to brokers, salespersons, ug ang overall salesforce sa RESA “has aggravated the housing backlog by depriving developers of a provincial network of on-ground touchpoints.”
“The largest amount of housing backlog is not found in the city, it is out there in the province, the rural areas. How do we identify where to put up those houses for people who need it? And how do we connect the developers to these places?” butyag ni Ledesma. “The developer has no means because he has no one to market there. We need more people to help us identify these underserved areas.”
Ang Veteran realtor and co-founder sa Havitas Development Corporation Andy Mañalac, “Brokers have their own teams, but who can do posting on social media for them? They have their secretaries who do posting and boosting for them, and yet, it is still the brokers who negotiate. But walang law that states this. We need a clear law for that.”
Dugang niya, “There is no law restricting their activities, but the law restricts that activities of Filipinos.”
Isip panapos ni Leuterio, “This movement is meant to make the industry better for all. We invite everyone who is affected to join us in the discussion so that we all have a voice. Our intent is not the abolition of RESA, we believe strongly in its purpose. We simply do not agree that its current form is serving the industry as it should”. (PR)