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 | A property investment company in the UK has named Cape Town one of the top cities for estimated growth in property over the coming years. Read more >>
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 | Chantelle Gladwin and Ramon Pereira The law provides in the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 that a municipality must determine its own rating policy, and that it may have reference to either zoning or use when classifying a property for rating purposes. Read more >>
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 | The 46th annual SAPOA convention, which took place in Cape Town last week, brought together some of the most influential national and international commercial property professionals from around the globe. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Grey Real estate hunters were surprised by an eye-catching advert among the luxurious properties offered by Lew Geffen in the Saturday Star property section this past weekend. The property listing, depicting a discarded mattress under a bridge, was placed among upmarket properties listed in and around Johannesburg. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley Basil Read's credit rating was left unchanged last week, though its rating agency warned that the loss of several experienced executives raised the construction company's risk profile. Read more >>
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 | Industrial property manager and developer Equites Property Fund joined PSG Konsult as another new listing on the JSE on Wednesday (18 June). Read more >>
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 | The fall in the FNB/BER building confidence index indicates that conditions in the building industry have deteriorated further. The index fell by 11 points to 41 in the second quarter. Read more >>
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 | Services company CSG Holdings (CSG) shas increased its holdings in two construction firms at a cost of R61.23m. Read more >>
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 | Every so often, you get home owners who have had a large section of the view from their homes reduced or obliterated by a neighbour deciding either to extend their home or if the plot has previously been undeveloped, building so large and imposing a complex that blocks others' views. Read more >>
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 | Broll has been awarded the property management contract for 52 of the 61 properties in the Investec Property Fund portfolio as from 1 July 2014. The total portfolio, valued at R6bn, is spread across South Africa. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, US Google's Nest Labs said that it was buying video monitoring start-up Dropcam for a reported $555 million in cash. Read more >>
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 | Jan-Jan Joubert Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti has published policy proposals requiring commercial farmers to hand over half their farms to farmworkers. Read more >>
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