In the recent case of Tudor Hotel Brasserie and Bar (Pty) Ltd v Hencetrade 15 (Pty) Ltd the court addressed the issue regarding set-off where the tenant argued that vacant occupation of the entire leased premises was not received. In this case Hencetrade (hereinafter referred to as the
The only words you can use to describe this mousse are simply delicious. The bonus is that it is so easy to make. I came across this recipe on Facebook, and decided to #TashaTests it by making it for my family as a Sunday treat:
Did you know that if you have a home loan and something bad happens to you, you could lose your home. If you can no longer afford to make the bond repayments because you get sick, become disabled, or even die, the bank could sell
What a beautiful time of the year it is with the fresh autumn evenings and crisp early mornings. Now is a good time to follow these five simple steps to get your garden ready for the winter months. #1 Check your irrigation timers and adjust accordingly As
Average year-on-year home price growth at the end of April was 5.3%, compared to 2,62% in January, 2,85% in February and 2,94% in March, with “more buoyancy in the first-time buyers’ market, where the year-on-year growth in the average home price was 9,2% at the
The Cape Town City Council is ignoring its own by-law which bans holiday letting in apartment blocks, by allowing illegal rogue ‘hotels’ to operate openly despite formal complaints from ratepayers. This is according to Louisa Theart, spokesperson for citizen action group One Host One Home
If you haven’t noticed yet, allow me to break the news: Flu season is in full swing. In fact, ask any paediatrician and they’ll tell you it’s been going strong since March. My niece recently had two bouts of flu infections and while young children only
April saw South African house prices increase for the first time in three months. The charge was led in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, according to Standard Bank’s house prices index (HPI). House prices growth improved to 5.3% year-on-year in April after stagnating at 5.1% for each of the
The current average time it takes to sell a home is just over 14 weeks, nationally. In Gauteng areas such as Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni homes are selling at around 12 to 15 weeks on the market, and 11 weeks for Pretoria. In Cape Town it takes
Estate agencies are reporting improved lending appetite from banks. This is backed up by bond originator ooba revealing last month that the company recorded the highest home loan approval rate (76.9%) in Q1 2018 in the 10 years since the National Credit Act was enacted.