Don’t blame P24, blame yourself?

Last week Property Professional reported about the growing unease among real estate CEO’s and agents over Property24 expanding their services from portal to broker with their online tenant finding service. However, is what the entity is doing not simply following good business practices?

Tread carefully with shared ownership

There are many reasons why people decide to buy property together with someone else: because they are married or are dating or because they are not able to afford the property on their own.

Speakers Corner

Smaller independent agencies have all the advantages but none of the disadvantages that the bigger agencies have, writes Ian Peach in reaction to ‘Smaller agencies have a role in ‘new normal’’.

Real estate can help rebuild SA’s economy

​​Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa’s optimistic analogies of fynbos re-emerging after fire, 2021’s State of the Nation Address made it clear that South Africa has a long, and largely undefined, road to recovery ahead.

Expropriation process needs an ombudsman

Communities must have a say about which land needs to be expropriated and must be able to lodge objections on any intended expropriation. In this regard, an ombudsman could balance the dynamic between officials and communities.