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Santo Domingo.-  The nagging backlog of files on real estate sales results from the concentration and legalization process, which breeds corruption, according to Dominican Surveyors Guild president Manuel María Arias and vice president Miguel Valois.

Arias said the US$62.0 million spent to modernize the Real Estate Jurisdiction, led to only a 20 percent improvement and no one charged or imprisoned.

He said someone must respond to the Accounts Chamber audit which Supreme Court chief justice Mariano German requested.

He said as the result of this situation the country is paralyzed economically, because real estate is the backbone of any country’s economy.

The expert added that estate records don’t flow as they should and the issuing of a title certificate can take as long as two years.

For Valois, the cluster of files creates a breeding ground for corruption, where bribery is the toll to get a file concluded quickly. He said both bribery and malfeasance have returned to the Real Estate Jurisdiction once again.

He said hearings should be held only in those cases where property lines confront neighbors.

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Written by: elBuscoon, 15 Oct 2012 9:58 AM
From: Cuba, La Havana, Que Viva La Revolucion

"US$62.0 million spent to modernize the Real Estate Jurisdiction"

You could build a bridge from POP to MIA for that kind of change.

"For Valois, the cluster of files creates a breeding ground for corruption, where bribery is the toll to get a file concluded quickly. He said both bribery and malfeasance have returned to the Real Estate Jurisdiction once again."

So what's NEW about that?

Same shit different day.
Written by: stillhere, 15 Oct 2012 11:19 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Just another day in the paradise of lost potential or potential never to be seen.
Until people are put in jail and stay there for the crimes against their own country nothing will change, nothing will move forward, nothing will shame these criminals..

Written by: synapse, 15 Oct 2012 11:49 AM
From: United States

What do you expect in a Banana Republic? Efficiency?
Written by: RoyStone, 15 Oct 2012 11:51 AM
From: Australia
"the country is paralyzed economically"

Not according to the government - the economy is booming. Who do we believe?
Written by: jojosnogood, 15 Oct 2012 1:19 PM
From: Dominican Republic
my brother closed on his home 8 months ago,paid 55,000 pesos for the closing and is still waiting for his tltle.lol incredible
Written by: VeronicaDR, 15 Oct 2012 5:42 PM
From: United States
This is why you don't buy real estate in the banana republic. Criminals need someplace to hide money and they end up still losing out buying here. Anyone who invests in anything here is a fool.
Written by: jojosnogood, 15 Oct 2012 6:23 PM
From: Dominican Republic
u right.rent for 400 bucks a month(in santiago gurabo.) and leave when ever u want.
Written by: chillinout, 16 Oct 2012 1:22 PM
From: Dominican Republic
A friend went down to the land office a few months ago with his architect to find out what' was going on. The office told him they had no paperwork/records about his property. My friend showed the office guy on the spot stamped copies of all the paperwork from the very same office. The guy said since they weren't the originals (office had originals) too bad but for a "tip" they may be able to find the originals and proceed.

Not related but another friend has a little bar business he got permission from the town to renovate the small building he served from but the police (don't know which branch) kept shutting construction down until he gave them a handout. He never gave them one It took about 3 weeks for the cops to give up and he finished construction.

Another friend needed a routine govt approval on building site and the engineer who's gov't job it was to do it said he didn't know when he could come out but for $500.00 he could find time to do it.

Parasites everywhere.
Written by: RoyStone, 17 Oct 2012 12:15 AM
From: Australia
chillinout,
Corrupt down from the president to the lowest manhole-cover thief.
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