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Millennials were a silver lining during another tough year for the local property market. Sandra Gordon, senior research analyst for Pam Golding Properties, explains the reasons why and looks at [...]

The new Property Practitioners Act places a mandatory timeframe on the industry’s regulator to issue new Fidelity Fund Certificates.

Potential buyers should not spoil their own chances of becoming home-owners by worrying too much about interest rate movements or property market cycles.

Two to three years ago the property market was all about sellers, rising prices and the tale of two cities with Cape Town on a high performance trajectory with no price too high for upper end sellers.

The estate agency that received the ‘No FFC no commission’ ruling in the Cape High Court last year, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise financial support to have this ruling overturned

Did you know that under the new Property Practitioners Act, one of the many changes will be that a consumer may claim their money back from property practitioners, even if trading without a valid FFC?

You’ve invested years of your life to build up your own brand for your estate agency but now the time has come to sell your business. How sellable is your business?

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.

In this article, community schemes specialist attorney Ané de Klerk discusses what to consider when wanting to take action against owners who are not paying their levies/contributions.