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Nomination of chairman

| May a developer nominate himself as chairman at the first trustees' meeting? Specialist sectional title lawyer Jennifer Paddock answers a reader's question...
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  • Home loans remain elusive

    Bonds remain hard to get and estate agents claim that applications are drowning in NCA red tape...
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  • Geyser: who pays?

    geyser In a sect title complex, who must pay the insurance excess for the replacement of a geyser?
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  • Force that @#*^!

    You can now force your neighbour to cut branches that intrude into the airspace of your property.
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  • Eskom freezes rentals

    Electricity meter Eskom's price hikes will make it impossible to raise rentals by even as much as five percent.
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  • Apartment for rent

    Cashing in on rentals

    Struggling owners are renting out their homes at prices high enough to cover their bonds.

    A ticking time bomb

    A report shows that 40 percent of Cape Town's population is living in inadequate housing...

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    The future of RDP housing

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    Mortgage trends in SA

    36.7 percent of buyers pay cash. This and other insights from a mortgage trend study...

    Housing's future changing

    Future affordability of housing and drastic changes in the way the middle class in SA lives...

    Who must clean windows?

    Orange block of flats In a sect title complex, is the body corporate responsible for cleaning the outside windows?

    Print giving way to 'Net

    Internet icons Print is steadily losing ground as the internet becomes the prime advertising medium.

    Print giving way to 'Net

    Internet icons Print is steadily losing ground as the internet becomes the prime advertising medium.

    Beware of iffy developers

    Builder Be wary of developers who make promises that sound too good to be true...

    Rentals under pressure

    Shopping centre A surplus of space is causing commercial property rentals to come under severe pressure...

    Taxing rental income

    The income tax implications of receiving rent from a property that doesn't belong to you…