Home owners considering selling their properties could be in for lengthy delays and costly transfers if their houses are not in order prior to placing them on the market.

With record numbers of agents operating in South Africa and unprofessionalism rife within the industry, there is a call to tier agent’s qualifications and earnings so they correlate directly with experience and the level of service they deliver.

Most people think that property development is an easy way to retire young but there is many a slip between bold and sold as scores of self-styled and even professional developers have discovered on the long and bumpy road to property riches.