Community housing schemes also need electrical compliance certificates
LEGISLATION regarding electrical compliance certificates applies to community housing schemes as well as to individual freehold properties - and prospective buyers in estates and...
A ’new dawn’ for property industry
Today’s launch of the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) signals the start of a new era that will bring all property industry stakeholders together,...
Renting to buying? Here’s what you need to know
Despite the interest rate hiking cycle now in effect, it is still the best buyer's market in decades, says Samuel Seeff, chair of the...
Leisure property: gains and strains
THE recovery of the leisure and tourism sector - laid low for many months by Covid-19 - will be key to a robust Western...
CBD property market sees uptick
INVESTMENT into Cape Town’s CBD property market seems to be enjoying the first signs of post-pandemic optimism, with buyers keen to get in on...
Top 5 property resolutions for 2022
There's nothing like a new year to get us thinking (and motivated) to make those all-important changes that will improve our lives. Unsurprisingly, weight...
Western Cape property market outlook promising provided Omicron contained
2022 looks to be a very promising year for the Western Cape's property market, according to Arnold Maritz, co-principal for Lew Geffen Sotheby's International...
Businesses in South Africa are likely to run a three-day office week in 2022,...
Growthpoint Properties has published an investor update for the three months ending September 2021, with the group reporting that many of its office tenants...
Commercial property owners turn to flex-space management agreements
FLEXIBLE office space accounts for a relatively small proportion of office markets across most major gateway cities, averaging between 2 percent and 8 percent,...
Vocational training key, as youth unemployment ‘out of control’
“SA faces shortage of skilled and qualified artisans needed for facility maintenance”
NEWS reports that South Africa now has the highest unemployment rate in the...
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