Real estate deregulation doesn't destroy rights: it destroys privileges

For years, Argentina built a system where too many economic activities stopped organizing around the consumer and began to organize around protected corporations.

The real estate market was one of the most obvious cases. Under the excuse of “professionalizing” the activity, a scheme of compulsory enrollment, territorial restrictions, compulsory savings, minimum fees and collegial structures were consolidated, which ended up functioning more as barriers to entry than as true guarantee systems for

society.

And the problem is not only ideological. It is economic, cultural and is beginning to be profoundly technological. Because while the world is moving towards open models, intelligent platforms, digital reputation, decentralized validation systems and competition based on real efficiency, Argentina is still discussing whether a person needs corporate authorization to connect supply and demand in a private business operation

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Real estate brokerage is not medicine, it's not structural engineering and it's not neurosurgery. It is a commercial activity. And like any commercial activity, it should be organized primarily under principles of contractual freedom, consumer protection, transparency and subsequent civil liability, not under closed systems that artificially limit who can

participate in the market.

For decades, the idea that restricting competition protected society took hold. But the evidence shows the exact opposite. When the entry of new operators is limited, costs increase, innovation decreases, practices are cartelized and consumers end up financing structures that they never

chose to sustain.

Each artificial barrier directly or indirectly impacts the final price of rents, sales and developments, because behind each operation there are mandatory enrollments, compulsory contributions, specific pension funds, regulatory costs and corporate mechanisms that eventually end up being transferred to the value of access to housing.

The result is a more expensive, slower and less competitive market. And while that's happening, the world changes. Technology has already transformed the way people discover properties, validate information, compare assets and make decisions

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Real estate deregulation

The emergence of digital platforms, artificial intelligence, online reputation, digital twins, immersive experiences and advanced marketing systems makes the idea that the intermediary's value comes exclusively from a state license increasingly obsolete

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The value today comes from the real capacity to generate results. Of service, of trust, of transparency, of the user experience and, above all, of competence. Real estate deregulation does not mean eliminating the activity. It involves opening and raising the rod

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It does not prohibit the existence of traditional corridors, it does not eliminate universities and it does not destroy existing companies. It simply allows new models to appear

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That is the real fear of many sectors: not to lose rights, but to lose historical privileges built on legal restrictions.

Because when markets open up, legitimacy ceases to come from a mandatory credential and begins to come from something much more uncomfortable for those who lived protected for years: people's free preference.

Argentina needs to understand something fundamental. The economic future is not built by shielding exhausted structures, but by allowing new ways to create value to emerge. And the real estate discussion, in the end, far exceeds the sector.

It's a discussion about which country we want to be one where opportunities depend on corporate permissions and closed structures, or one where they depend on capacity, innovation, reputation

and freedom.

Because if something began to become clear in this new political phase, it is that the real modernization of Argentina will not emerge solely from the State.

It will also depend on the emergence of entrepreneurs, technologists, entrepreneurs and new actors willing to be actively involved in the profound transformation of industries that for decades operated under corporate logic, closed structures and regulations designed more to preserve privileges than to encourage competition and efficiency.

The challenge is not to destroy sectors, but to clean them up. Open them Make them more dynamic, more transparent and more compatible with

the 21st century.

And there is probably one of the most important tasks for a whole new generation of Argentines: helping to rebuild freer, more modern and more consumer-oriented markets, even in those activities where for years it seemed impossible to discuss the status quo.