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[Dave Chambers] Cape Town's upmarket suburb of Constantia is poised to get a new shopping centre and two traffic circles... read
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#BestofBiz 2016: Property
#BestofBiz 2016: Property
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2016 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Property & Real Estate portal over the past year below. read
Holiday home market to pick up over festive season
Holiday home market to pick up over festive season
The festive season provides buyers with an ideal opportunity to get a feel for the country's top leisure areas before making their final decision regarding purchasing a holiday home... read
Commercial Property
New CEO for Oryx Properties
New CEO for Oryx Properties
Carel Fourie has been appointed the new chief executive officer of Oryx Properties, the only Namibian property company listed on the Namibian Stock Exchange... read
Highgate Mall to undergo revamp, set to become speciality mall
Highgate Mall to undergo revamp, set to become speciality mall
Highgate Mall, to be renamed Home of Africa, is set to become a home and décor mall, creating over 2000 jobs and housing 250 international and local brands after the revamp... read
Greenacres R420m revamp to be completed midyear
Greenacres R420m revamp to be completed midyear
VA International Architects are nearing completion of the mammoth two-year, R420m upgrade of the Greenacres Shopping Centre... read
Industrial Property
Serra Services signs seven-year lease in Growthpoint's Meadowbrook Estate 2
Serra Services signs seven-year lease in Growthpoint's Meadowbrook Estate 2
Growthpoint Properties has signed a new seven-year lease agreement with washroom and hygiene specialists Serra Services for its new industrial development Meadowbrook Estate 2... read
Market & Investments
Liberty Two Degrees to gear up for acquisitions
Liberty Two Degrees to gear up for acquisitions

Alistair Anderson

Liberty Two Degrees, the highly anticipated new property listing, plans to make significant acquisitions as early as the first quarter of 2017 as it looks to provide strong returns in a slow economy... read
Smart pricing will drive property sales in 2017
Smart pricing will drive property sales in 2017
A key theme for the property market in 2017 will be smart pricing... read
Significant shifts noted in Joburg rental market
Significant shifts noted in Joburg rental market
Johannesburg's property rental market has experienced a year-on-year downturn in 2016 as a result of numerous economic and geographic dynamics. This has taken a toll on the province's economy, precipitating notable market shifts... read
An opportunity for momentum?
An opportunity for momentum?

Richard Gray

Over the last two weeks, South Africa has undergone a second round of ratings reviews for the year... read
Property Management
The Dorp Street site where new government offices will be built. Photo: Ashleigh Furlong
Lack of parliamentary oversight in Western Cape property deals

Ashleigh Furlong

"Rubber-stamping exercise" says Provincial Property Committee member... read
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Deadline looms for sectional title management, rules submissions
Sectional title sales, as a percentage of South Africa's total home sales, rose from 22% in 2010 to 28.4% in early-2016, and there are no signs of this trend abating... read
Rental
Water restrictions cause confusion in rental market
Water restrictions cause confusion in rental market
There is some confusion in the rental market when it comes to water restrictions and who is responsible for what... read
Residential
Government works to build six million houses
Government works to build six million houses
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says government has its eyes firmly fixed on the target of delivering six million houses and subsidies to beneficiaries by 2019... read
Team Makhatini take the spoils and see their dream of a new house fulfilled
Team Makhatini take the spoils and see their dream of a new house fulfilled

Issued by Kaya FM 95.9

Nerves, excitement and anticipation were the order of the day as three anxious couples took to the road in the West Rand, Johannesburg to compete for a chance to win a dream house with Kaya FM and RBA... read
Before you buy, ask these questions
Before you buy, ask these questions

Issued by Private Property

Ask these questions at a show day, to ensure that you make the best home-buying decision possible... read
Things to avoid during the home buying process
Things to avoid during the home buying process

Adrian Goslett

While the majority of buyers will require a deposit when applying for a home loan, this is not the only financial consideration that they will need to be taken into account... read
Axis launch
Axis launch

Issued by XZIBIT Experiential Marketing

A Manhattan sky bar theme seemed fitting for the launch of the Axis property at the top of the Apex building, Century City. The event styling was based on a modern, urban environment in order to communicate the Axis experience to potential buyers... read
Buyer beware: what are the property's restrictive conditions?
Buyer beware: what are the property's restrictive conditions?

Bruce Swain

Many buyers have purchased their dream home, only to realise that the plans they had to add another storey, or to sub-divide the property can't be realised because of restrictive conditions they weren't aware of... read
Tips before investing in real estate
Tips before investing in real estate

Samuel Seeff

It is that time of year when people start thinking about buying property... read
Emotions drive home buying process
Emotions drive home buying process

Adrian Goslett

Although most home buyers will have a checklist of must-have items such as the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, the size of the garden or the possible commute to the office, often home buying decisions are driven by emotion and not necessarily the facts... read
Business
Three challenges of expanding your business in Africa
Three challenges of expanding your business in Africa

Bruce van Wyk

Africa is rising. According to the latest figures in the 2016 African Economic Outlook report, annual GDP growth rose to above 5% between 2001 and 2014... read
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Empathy as a starting point to innovation

Amandine Robin

Often, the orientations to innovation are determined by the skills existing in a factory at a given time. Typically, the company owns a technical know-how and uses it to improve or transform its products... read
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