Life today moves fast, superfast. Yesterday’s ‘wow’ quickly becomes today’s ‘ordinary’ and this concept rings true for real estate industries who want to remain relevant in today’s world.

At the beginning of 2019 thousands of estate agents couldn’t claim commission because the Estate Agency Affairs Board had failed to issue their mandatory Fidelity Fund Certificates timeously.

The real estate industry has undergone immense transformation over the past two decades, but a number of significant and influential emergent trends are poised to further revolutionise the sector and the way in which we live.

The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) minister Lindiwe Sisulu has asked the chairman of the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) for an action plan after he seemingly failed to react to serious allegations of irregularities and mismanagement at the industry’s regulator that implicate their new CEO.

It takes only one match to light a fire – the #Imstaying Facebook group started by former estate agent Jarette Petzer has truly taken off – with more than 700k followers it is currently one of the 5th largest groups on the African continent.

Tributes have streamed in since news broke of the tragic death of seasoned real estate practitioner Eldie Gerber, one of the original pioneers of the Strand Seeff branch.