What makes agents more successful in securing sales? It is becoming skilled in the ‘art of sales’ says Tom Ferry, considered on the best real estate educators in the USA. It is hard to succeed in [...]
The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) recently published important announcements alerting the industry among others to fee increases, changes to exemptions and that registration for the [...]
US-based giant property listing database Zillow has begun to buy and sell property online, a cash-intensive endeavour. It’s CEO Spencer Rascoff says he thinks this is a great opportunity for them.
Herewith a letter from a concerned property practitioner at the situation surrounding the pandemic of unlicensed Property Practioners, earning unsolicited commissions & ruining the industry for [...]
I have interacted with Rebosa on this issue and have read the new draft Property Practitioner’s Bill (PPB) and sent my comments to the Institute of Estate Agents of South Africa (Ieasa).
Illegal estate agents are a massive issue, but Rebosa has more confidence in the proposed new legislation to address this than in legally trying to force the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) [...]
Since the advent of 3%.Com, a nationwide franchise made up of attorneys, many traditional estate agents have been complaining about their impact on the industry, especially the deliberate [...]
To secure a spot for your real estate agency on the first page of a Google search, could be as easy as making your very own video with your smartphone and posting it on YouTube.
Frustration with the continuance of estate agents trading without licence prompted Andile Ben-Mazwi of RE/MAX ABM Properties on Friday 14 April to write an open letter, titled “It is better to [...]