The publication of the new PP Act Regulations and the PPRA’s failure to timeously produce detailed guidelines was followed by stakeholders interpreting and adapting the legislation subjectively to suit their own agendas…
BNG houses are governed by the 1997 Housing Act which states that the houses cannot be sold within the first eight years of acquisition unless the dwelling has first been offered to the relevant provincial housing department…
The City of Cape Town is nearing the production of electricity from its landfill gas project.
The project works through the combustion of landfill gas, which is primarily made up of methane…
The conversion of commercial spaces into residential units is nothing new to the South African property sector. It’s a trend that began well before Covid-19, but it has accelerated significantly in the last two years…
The R4.5-billion development at the River Club site in Observatory has been stopped, with a court ruling that the developers must “consult meaningfully” with all affected people…
The developers of the mixed-use River Club complex in Cape Town, which is set to include Amazon’s new headquarters in Africa, have announced they will appeal an interdict ordering that they halt construction…
Rising geopolitical tensions could ‘sour’ buying activity in the residential space, says FNB. In the face of rising inflationary pressure, exacerbated by the Russian-Ukraine conflict, analysts anticipate interest rates to increase by a cumulative 150bps this year…
A recent analysis of South Africa’s major banks by financial services firm PwC shows that banks delivered a strong financial performance in the 2021 financial year with a 99% increase in headline earnings against the prior year…
In a typical franchise relationship, the franchisor provides its franchisees with the right to use its intellectual property. The franchisor’s intellectual property is key to the franchisor’s success and helps it to attract more franchisees…
A South African businesswoman has allegedly swindled R100 million out of residents, through a fraudulent travel agency company called ’Hello Darlings’…
Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has published the draft Rental Housing Regulations for public comment, proposing changes for both owners and tenants properties in South Africa…
Buying a house with the intent to generate rental income from it can be a great passive investment move, but it is also more complex than many may think…
South Africans with backup power systems at home must ensure that their insurance is aware of their installation and that it has been safely and correctly set up and configured…
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has proposed tying the biometric data of South Africans to their SIM cards in a move to clamp down on fraudulent activity…
He’s not yet 30 years old, but already Steve Baron has abandoned a career as a chartered accountant and reinvented himself as a “house flipper” with an international online following…
The deeds office registration fees that will become payable with effect from 1 April 2022 for deeds registered after that date…
Rising inflation, interest rate hikes and higher fuel prices point to a ‘perfect storm’ of factors that are set to hit South African consumers from this week, says labour union Solidarity…
The number of residential property sales transactions in St Francis Bay surged to its highest level in a decade during 2021 – with no signs of the market demand for homes abating…
The property industry is leaving the pandemic behind and entering boom times again with the rental sector getting back on track as homeowners and tenants seek to downscale, upscale or sell. While this is great news for property practitioners, scammers have jumped at the opportunity to defraud unsuspecting tenants…
The topic of buy-to-let properties is a contentious one, with investors looking to improve their financial situations, buying apartments, building cottages and bedrooms a plenty…
As expected, the SA Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) has hiked the repo rate by another 25 basis points to 4.25%. This brings the prime rate to 7.75%…
In his statement, SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago noted that inflation prices pose upside risks to the short-term inflation outlook. Even as the economic impact of the pandemic fades, the outbreak of war in February between Russia and Ukraine is expected to reduce global economic growth and contribute to higher inflation…
43% of homeowners who sell their properties in Gauteng, buy another property in a different province – and of this percentile, 36% are buying in Cape Town and the Western Cape…
People who are currently using their homes to conduct a business, whether operating a guesthouse, providing student accommodation or using it as office space, should take note of a recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA)…
It is too early to say how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect South Africa’s economy and the property market but, there are some potential obvious concerns…
There is a growing urgency for estate agencies and others in the property value chain to put the right processes in place to ensure compliance with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA)…
The SA Institute of Black Property Professional’s CEO, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa has resigned to further her academic studies and pursue her business interests, the SAIBPP said this morning…
How Cape independence would be constitutionally possible…