Housing prices are cheap if interest subsidies increased

Marieska Rider Virdhani

Sindonews.com -even though home prices in Singapore are still relatively expensive, fixed interest of consumers. However, the opportunities for the poor to have difficult home was reached.

Moreover, the policies governing the Depok perda land housing should not be under 120 feet per unit. "People need homes cheap, but hard to realize," said President Director of PT Elmayuda Pratama, Eddy Faisal, Saturday (4/5/2013).

According to him, the property developers could just provide cheap homes. However, it should be bold and give interest subsidy and suppress prices with the removal of wild charges (pungli).

IRIS reveals necessary interest subsidies. In addition, the need to involve a number of ministries in the policy as Minister of housing, Minister of finance, and Minister of cooperatives and SMEs.

It asked that the value added tax (VAT), income tax (PPH), and Bea acquisition of rights to the land and building (BPHTB) facilitated. In addition, the need for liberation of retribution. "The levy and Pungli should be removed, because the factors making expensive home prices," he said.

He explained, the City Government There should be an easier matter to take care of the licensing process. Whereas, property business is the driving factor in the economy.

"However, the property business remains promising. Looking ahead, housing vertical styles such as the apartments were flooded with customers, "he said.

On the other hand, the Government expects revenues of the largest area of Depok was obtained from business property, i.e. Rp138 billion. Head of Department of revenue Financial and assets management of City Government of Depok, Doddy Setiadi said, local tax targets by 2012 amounted to Rp305 billion.

Whereas, the realization of the PAD of Rp379,7 billion or up from the target of 124,39 percent. According to him, tax income derived BPHTB for developers to build housing in Depok.

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Minimarket mushrooming complaints increased, complaints

Finance Info- Yayasan Lembaga Konsumen Indonesia (YLKI) Kabupaten Lahat memprediksi menjamurnya pasar modern retail (fast market/minimarket) di Lahat berpengaruh dengan meningkatnya keluhan dan pengaduan masyarakat. 

Catatan yang dimiliki YLKI angka pengaduan pelayanan konsumen yang masuk mencapai 22 kasus sepanjang 2012 lalu. Jumlah ini meningkat 40 persen ketimbang 2011 silam yakni 15 kasus keluhan.

"Banyak sekali toko modern yang mulai dibangun, terlebih lagi dua toko modern yang ternama di Indonesia. Kita prediksi meningkat pada 2013 ini," ujar Ketua YLKI Lahat, Sanderson di sekretariatnya, Kamis (2/5/2013).

Kendati demikian, Sanderson menyayangkan masih minimnya tingkat kesadaran masyarakat untuk melaporkan keluhannya saat menemukan penyimpangan ketika melakukan transaksi jual beli.

"Budaya sadar kita masih sangat kecil. Anggapan mereka dengan harga yang kecil dinilainya sederhana. Padahal, justru itu kita bisa menindaklanjutinya," kata dia.

Dari kasus yang ada, YLKI menyebut keluhan terhadap rusaknya kemasan makanan dan minuman (mamin) serta masa kedaluwarsa yang paling banyak ditemui.

"Kita lihat dari rusaknya mamin yang dikemas dalam kaleng. Jika ada lapisannya yang rusak, terutama bagian dalam, tentunya bakal bereaksi dengan mamin yang ada di dalamnya. Ini yang menyebabkan kesehatan konsumen terganggu. Termasuk, peristiwa yang merenggut korban jiwa di Muara Dua, Oku Selatan beberapa waktu lalu," jelas Sanderson.

Sanderson menjamin, demi meminimalisir penyimpangan serupa di Lahat, YLKI terus melakukan pengawasan terhadap pendistribusian dan peredaran mamin, terutama di toko retail modern.

"Kita akui, YLKI belum ada aturan main yang jelas. Tapi untuk frekuensi pengawasan di lapangan, kita selalu lakukan kapan pun. Bahkan kita juga menerima pengaduan konsumen di TKP jika ternyata mengalami kerugian," kata dia.

Sementara, pemilik toko modern Alfamart, Ulfa mengaku tetap melaporkan semua barang-barang kemasannya pada YLKI setiap satu minggu sekali.

"Laporan itu kita sampaikan dalam bentuk kartu. Kondisi, kualitas, kuantitas serta masa kedaluwarsanya mulai dari distribusi hingga pemasaran tetap kita awasi barang-barangnya. Kita tetap memberikan pelayanan terbaik bagi konsumen," pungkasnya.

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Retail sales despite increased taxes on salaries

Overall, retail sales increased 0.1 percent during the month, according the Census Bureau.

While this slowdown of 0.5 percent increase in December sales, the profit was in line with expectations. Economists were expecting the consumer downturn as payroll tax cut expired, causing the workers receive their pay slightly lower.

General merchandise stores posted strong sales. Increased sales in stores January 1% from December.

"It's the month of clearance, and the companies were trying to get rid of all of their winter," Yaron Martis-Olivo, Director of consumer research, Thomson Reuters. "That bodes well for consumers because right now the weaker paychecks."

Publicly traded retailers, such as target (TGT, Fortune 500), Nordstrom (John, Fortune 500) & Missy (M, Fortune 500), all reported solid gains in sales recently.

"To continue our shopping with the discipline in the face of a slow economic recovery and new pressures, including payroll tax increases," said goal CEO Greg stinhavil said in a statement last week.

Other groups were not strong as the stores in January. Auto sales fell slightly, as did sales at furniture shops, health and personal care stores.

The sales were in food services and drinking places flat during the month.

Related: why do gas prices go up

Consumer spending is expected to weaken in the coming months. Department stores tend to put their full-price spring in February. Consumers will also start along with tax increases, the impact of high gas prices, which rose so far, approximately 20 cents per gallon, or 6 percent, in the first two weeks of February.

"We wouldn't be surprised to see higher taxes and petrol prices hit sales more difficult in the next few months," Paul Dales, u.s. economist with capital economics.

First published: 13 February 2013: 8: 51 am et

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