For almost two years now property trend commentators have been warning house sellers that, if they genuinely want to sell and not just test the market, they need to be realistic about prices.
However, says Bill Rawson, Chairman of Rawson Proper...
The only ski resort in South Africa, Tiffindell Ski resort will go under the hammer at the next High St Auction Co auction event to be held at Summer Place on 12 May 2011 at 12h00.
Nestled in the shadow of the Ben McDhui Peak, Tiffindell Ski Re...
By 2020 the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) aims to be the best long-haul convention centre in the world, with the help of an expansion project that will see it double in size.
Construction is expected to be completed by 2014.<...
Global commercial real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle has announced the acquisition of South Africa's corporate property service providers, Bradford McCormack & Associates (BMA) for an undisclosed amount. The company will now be known as Jones Lang...
First National Bank and property consultants Rode and Associates today launched a report on the country's property market that shows a gradual return of cautious optimism in the office and industrial sectors of the property market. The latest
South Africa's commercial real estate market returned to double-digit annual performance last year, with a 13.3%, bouncing back from 2009's eleven-year low of 8.8%, according to the SAPOA / IPD South Africa Property Index.
That is a rather brutal summary of the outlook for residential, commercial and industrial property described by First National's property guru John Loos and veteran property analyst Erwin Rode at a symposium...
POSITIVE action in tough times has resulted in another growth phase for the De La Porte Property Group, the 14-year-old Cape brokerage and management group headquartered in Milnerton.
The group’s key property management division, s...
FOUNTAINHEAD Property, which already owns two prominent retail properties in Cape Town, is set to further increase its footprint in the city’s southern suburbs.
Late last month Fountainhead announced details of an agreement to buy ...
HOSPITALITY Property, which specialises in the hotel sector, is really going against the trend by upgrading two of its Cape Town hotels in a rather limp period for the leisure and travel sector.
A parliamentary committee has left the door open to changes in the property clause in the constitution, including the "willing buyer willing seller" principle and the use of expropriation as a land reform tool.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned a North Gauteng High Court ruling that a sale agreement between Pangbourne Properties and Basinview Properties had been valid.
A contract was entered into by the two parties in November 2007, whe...
Following Japan's massive earthquake, the subsequent Tsunami and now ongoing nuclear crisis, Capetonians have recently found out that their very own nuclear power station sits alongside a geological fault. One which caused an earthquake in 1809, measur...
The transfer duty consequences which faced an investor in fixed property prior to the Budget Speech was that companies, close corporations and trusts [hereinafter also referred to as a "legal entity"] which acquired property and which are not...
Property investor and fund manager Redefine International Ltd (RDFI.L) has agreed a reverse takeover of UK property investment company Wichford (WICH.L), securing a listing on the London Stock Exchange's main board.
The City of Cape Town is currently undertaking energy efficiency retrofits of some of its largest buildings, namely Durbanville, Fezeka, Ottery and Plumstead Civic Centres.
An audit of the City’s flagship building, the Civic Centre...
FOUNTAINHEAD Property, which already owns two prominent retail properties in Cape Town, is set to further increase its footprint in the city’s southern suburbs.
Late last month Fountainhead announced details of an agreement to buy ...
THE Competition Commission yesterday asked the Competition Tribunal to impose an administrative penalty on Erf 179, the owner of Bedfordview’s Village View Shopping Centre.
This follows the commission’s investigation into col...
South African property development giant, Eris Property Group has announced that a R500 million regional shopping mall is to be developed on the N6 Cathcart Road opposite the rapidly emerging area of Komani Park in Queenstown, an economic hub in the Ea...
With its cosmopolitan yet tranquil ambience, impressive array of world class wine estates and restaurants and breathtaking scenery, Franschhoek in the Cape Winelands is arguably one of world’s most popular destinations, and is also sought after a...
The arbitration award made at the end of 2010 concluded that Sharemax owes Capicol R64 million, excluding damages, which was due for payment by no later than 7 March 2011. The Sharemax board conceded, prior to the payment date mentioned, that they are ...
