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Estate agency principals who want to join a franchise group should first carefully examine what they plan to buy...

The property market as a whole may have taken a knock recently as a result of consecutive interest rate hikes and a tightening of credit controls, but demand for property in premium locations continues to fuel market growth...

Share price performance of newly listed construction and infrastructure-related companies, many on AltX, are mixed. By Shaun Harris, Finweek...

A fully-tenanted property in George, comprising one house and 14 flats and zoned for business usage, has come on to the market...

South African hotel group The Don Group (DON), owner of the Don Beach Road Hotel in Cape Town, returned to the black in the year ended June. - I-Net Bridge...

A new shopping complex on the old Warmbaths road in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, will be developed for R107m...

Rental housing tribunals may get more legal authority if the Rental Housing Amendment Bill of 2006 is passed...

Site development plans for the Schonenberg Retirement Village in Somerset West, situated on the greater Schonenberg Estate, have been approved by all Council departments...

The southern suburbs of Johannesburg have generally not been able to keep pace with their leafier, northern counterparts in terms of top-end house prices, but that no longer seems to be the case if recent sales achieved at a new golf estate south of Johannesburg are anything to go by. - Joan Muller...

Several factors should be taken into account when choosing a managing agent for a sectional title complex. By Les Raynard...

The Khayelitsha CBD is set to receive a boost following the sale of 25 hectares of land by the City of Cape Town to Khayelitsha Business District (KBD) Housing for the development of 1,200 housing units. By Brenda Nkuna...

The construction of a new sectional title development close to the Strand CBD is set to start in February 2008 with occupation scheduled for August 2008...

The sales value of residential property auctions is set to grow faster than the value of any other type of auction if South Africa follows the international trend...

South Africa's commercial building cost inflation rose to 29% in the second quarter of 2007 from 16% during the first quarter of the year, the FNB Commercial Property Finance Property Building Cost Index showed on Tuesday...

A launch in London gave a local property development company's coastline project a good start...

Nedbank Corporate Property Finance (Cape) has raised its loan book total to R11bn...

Major hotel operators around the globe are showing increasing interest in South Africa...

Sales have begun for 1,800sq m of prime space in the Convention Tower building currently being completed in Cape Town's Foreshore...

Africa's first property tracker fund successfully listed on the main board of the JSE Limited with an opening price of R35,45 at the opening of trade this morning...

Homeowners preparing their properties for sale as well as buy-to-let investors need to think about the features that will most impress the new generation of buyers and tenants – and the lifestyles of young adults can provide valuable clues...