He will convene a working group with the main construction companies
NEW YORK – The executive director of the National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro Consumidor), Eddy Alcántara, announced here the creation within that entity of a registry of real estate providers that seeks to eradicate scams in real estate transactions in the Dominican Republic.
He explained that this is a novel project in which consumers can consult and verify the behavior of all real estate development companies in real time to ensure their investment, given the number of complaints and reports from consumers in this sector.
Alcántara said that the real estate provider registry will ensure that consumers can immediately detect the historical and current behavior of the offering developer and determine if it is a company whose behavior could jeopardize their investment.
He announced that he will convene a working group with the main construction companies in order to socialize everything related to the transparency with which a transaction between suppliers and consumers must be carried out, in real estate matters.
The official spoke about the issue while participating as a speaker in the forum “Protecting the Dominican Dream: Prevention of Real Estate Scams for the Dominican Community Abroad”, held in this city, under the coordination of the Ombudsman, the Consulate General of the Dominican Republic and other institutions.
The project aims to protect homebuyers. (EXTERNAL SOURCE).
“We act with firmness and determination against real estate fraudsters and scammers.”
On the other hand, the head of Pro Consumidor warned that in his administration “we have acted and will continue to act firmly and responsibly, defending the interests of consumers in real estate matters, always adhering to the rules established by the law that created this institution and the Constitution of the Republic.”.
The head of the consumer rights agency urged Dominicans living abroad, especially in the United States, where the highest number of scams and fraud cases have been recorded, to take precautions when investing in real estate projects, while also encouraging them to use the tool being developed by the institution he leads to check the behavior of real estate developers.
The event was attended by the ambassador and vice minister of Foreign Affairs for Dominican Communities Abroad, Celinés Toribio; the Minister of Housing and Buildings, Carlos Bonilla; the Consul General in New York, Jesús -Chu Vásquez; the New York State Senator, Luis Sepúlveda; the Ombudsman, Pablo Ulloa, among other personalities.
