REBOSA Reports

Dear Colleagues This is disdain and it spells double standards! The Estate Agency Affairs Board issued a statement on 3 September 2019 advising the industry that the contract with PrivySeal was [...]

Yes, agents are most probably employees and Yes, you will have to pay! Dear Colleagues We have all heard about the “minimum wage” and wondered how, and if at all, it would apply to the real [...]

Dear Colleagues Comebacks at last Possible! Regulating the Position of Previously Registered Estate Agents who wish to return to the Sector – Practice Note: ETD02-2019 of 26 June 2019 The [...]

REBOSA 2 July 2019 Report Dear Colleagues FFC Registration for 2020: Do it now, no upside in waiting The annual renewal for the 2020 FFC will open on 1 July 2019 until 31 October 2019. Estate [...]

Dear Colleagues A WASTED OPPORTUNITY: A Transformation Bill that isn’t Many politicians and government officials have lauded the Property Practitioners Bill as the epitome of transformation [...]

Dear Colleagues IT IS NOT THAT SIMPLE As predicted last year, hundreds of agents were left without FFC’s at the beginning of 2019 (and some still are). System issues as well as a lack of [...]

Dear Colleagues Property Practitioners Bill On 4 December 2018 the National Assembly adopted the Property Practitioners Bill.  On Tuesday 29 January 2019, the Department of Human Settlements [...]

Dear Colleagues The Ship has Sailed … Almost The National Assembly unanimously passed the Property Practitioners Bill on Tuesday 4 December 2018. Please refer to our report of 23 November 2018 in [...]

Dear Colleagues Property Practitioners Bill Our government started discussions around changes to the Estate Agency Affairs Act in 2006 when the Department of Trade and Industry still took [...]

Colleagues IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER : See below 31 October 2018 1April 2019 FFC Renewal This serves as a reminder that FFCs are due for renewal on 31 October 2018. We would like to reiterate [...]