The ‘reprieve’ that is no reprieve

The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) announced on the 14th of February that 87 agents benefited from a special re-admittance practice note published in June last year. This is to accommodate agents who have not applied for renewal of their Fidelity Fund Certificates (FFC) for three years or more and allows them to pay the “debt” over 6, 12 or 16 months.

Trailblazers

Women are progressively taking the lead in various sectors related to the real estate industry.

Speakers Corner

Homeowner Association (HOA) budgets are under financial pressure as more homeowners are falling into arrears with levies as a result of the restrictions around the pandemic – however may HOA's restrict levy defaulters' use of communal amenities as was suggested in ‘How to stop HOA levy arrears’?

Who manages a community scheme?

​​It happens too often that owners and trustees stand back after appointing a managing agent for their community scheme and assume that their duties and responsibilities have ended.

Property portal shares available to Rebosa members

It has finally come to pass. Rebosa announced that all their members are now able to obtain shares in the EAPPC, which holds a significant stake in Private Property, on the same basis as the founder agencies.