Chairman of the Union of Russian Real Estate Market Participants, Alexander Popov, suggested to the participants of the roundtable “Combating fraud in the real estate market” held in the State Duma, to improve the legal regulation of transactions on the secondary housing market. Kommersant reports this.
In particular, it is proposed to amend the law on “State registration of real estate”, including the ability to suspend transactions at the request of the Ministry of Home Affairs if signs of fraud are detected.
Dolina received 1 million rubles in advance in the scandalous apartment sale
The alliance also proposed inviting the Ministry's psychologists to evaluate the seller's condition if there are signs of fraud. Anastasia Zakharova, senior legal advisor at the Miel legal center, noted that this initiative can reduce the number of controversial situations on the secondary market and increase the protection of parties. On November 28, there was information that the court sentenced 4 defendants in the Dolina apartment fraud case to 4 to 7 years in prison.
One of the convicted appealed the verdict. On November 27, the court considered Larisa Dolina's apartment, which the singer sold under the influence of fraudsters, to be the property of the artist. At the same time, the buyer, Polina Lurie, was not given a refund and her request was denied. Recently, Russian courts annulled more than three thousand similar transactions when, after selling real estate, people alleged that they became victims of deception.
As a result, apartment buyers lose both living space and money.
