REBOSA Reports

“There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.” – Mary Renault Dear Colleagues It is with sadness, but not [...]

If your agents are employees……… Following our reports of 20 August and 4 October asking the all-important question of whether an estate agent is an employee or an independent contractor and [...]

Dear Colleagues It is not just about a minimum wage – there are other ramifications as well! In our last special report of 20 August, 2019 we published guidelines as to the question of [...]

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 [...]