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Impact of PoPI on real estate industry
[Bruce Swain] The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) stands to have far-reaching consequences for the real estate industry when fully commenced. read more>>



Commercial
Sunday Times launches property section 'Neighbourhood'
The Sunday Times will be introducing a new property and lifestyle section in the newspaper titled 'Neighbourhood', which will launch in the Sunday 5 July edition. read more>>
Property Management
Appetite for more specialist property listings likely

Joan Muller

Last month's successful debut of the JSE's first pure residential real estate investment trust, IndluPlace Properties, is likely to pave the way for more specialist property listings... read more>>
Attacq announces board restructuring
Attacq, a JSE-listed property capital growth fund, has announced that Louis van der Watt, a previous executive director, is now becoming a non-executive director of the company... read more>>
Broll announces appointment of two Africa business executives
Broll Property Group has appointed Gordon Bell, former CEO at City Property Administration, as director for Broll's Africa business... read more>>
Community Schemes Ombud Service established
In line with the Community Schemes Ombud Services Act (assented to in June 2011), the Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS) has officially been established... read more>>
SA office spaces are all dressed up - with no one to fill them

Alistair Anderson

Property funds have struggled to fill office vacancies this year with few companies seeking new office space, given the lack of new businesses opening in SA in a weak economy... read more>>
Residential
SA's household savings remains negative

Nolene Parboo

A health check of the South Africa's economy and consumer at the halfway mark of 2015 will show that both are in urgent need of care... read more>>
Increase in bonds will not affect banks' risks
Senior staff in the residential property sector these days often express concern about the financial institutions' bond award systems... read more>>
Statistics indicate noticeable migration to Western Cape
According to Pam Golding Properties, up to 40% of the buyers on the Cape Town Atlantic Seaboard in the high selling season are from Gauteng... read more>>
Requirements to amend management and conduct rules
It often happens that trustees or the members in a sectional title scheme neither know the difference between management and conduct rules, nor the procedures necessary to change these... read more>>
Special levies can be raised without body corporate's consent

Marina Constas

Two words likely to upset any sectional title home owner are special and levy - particularly in the current tough economic times, when many South Africans are struggling to make ends meet... read more>>
Lower house price growth disguises a range of trends
The latest Pam Golding Residential Property Index has indicated that the South African residential property market's gradual slowdown in national house price growth disguises a range of diverse trends... read more>>
Business
Preparing financially for a job loss
We often welcome a fresh start with open arms and we've all heard the expression that a change is as good as a holiday. But if a new beginning comes unexpectedly in the form of a retrenchment or a job loss, it can turn your world upside down... read more>>
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