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 | The 7th Annual Green Building Convention, hosted by the Green Building Council of South Africa, is set to take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 10-12 September 2014. Read more >>
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 | Marvin Meintjies A property developer with powerful South African backing claims that his new building, which is planned for Edinburgh in Scotland, will be a "vibrant scheme". Read more >>
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 | Alistair Anderson AltX-listed MAS Real Estate said its capital raising in February had been "very successful". Read more >>
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 | The flagship property within the Tower Property Fund portfolio, the Cape Quarter, will soon undergo an extensive greening transformation as part of the fund's greening and occupancy cost reduction strategy. Read more >>
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 | At present a verbal rental agreement is still legally binding - in fact it's pretty much the only property contract that can be concluded like this today. Currently, the Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999, section 5 stipulates that: a lease between a tenant and a landlord, subject to subsection (2), need not be in writing or be subject to the provisions of the Formalities in Respect of Leases of Land Act, 1969 (Act No 18 of 1969). However, a landlord must, if requested by a tenant, reduce the lease to writing. Read more >>
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 | The commonly held view that the interest rate is a prime factor influencing the sale of residential property in South Africa is very far from true, said Wayne Albutt, regional sales manager of the Rawson Property Group in the Western Cape. Read more >>
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 | With some residential property bond holders now concerned that the interest rates will rise further in the not too distant future, he is occasionally asked whether this might be right time to fix interest rates, says Mike van Alphen, National Manager for the Rawson Property Group's bond origination division, Rawson Finance. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON - US regulators conditionally cleared AT&T's US$4bn deal for Leap Wireless, which gives the telecommunications company more spectrum and the Cricket prepaid phone franchise. Read more >>
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 | President Jacob Zuma says government will continue to invest in the country's rural areas, in order to stimulate local economic growth and to further the social development of people living outside urban areas. Read more >>
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 | The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) has advised provincial and municipal centres in areas affected by the recent floods to begin the necessary response preparedness. Read more >>
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