The reductions on transfer duty on properties which the Minister of Finance announced in his end of February budget are significant – but they will have relatively little effect unless they are accompanied by a less stringent approach to individual home loans on the part of the banks

A section of the rent-to-buy residential property market which has performed beyond even the most optimistic expectations is that serving the students in the Cape Peninsula and Stellenbosch

The fact that a respected estate agency with an established reputation has been placed under curatorship following allegations of misuse of trust funds should send out warning signals