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- Category: Agents have a role
- 20 Steps to Buying a Home
- Estate agents now owe sellers and buyers an equal duty of care
- Are estate agents under threat?
- SA estate agents face winds of change
- Will FNB kill off the estate agency business
- How agents can prosper in a buyer’s market
- Home Buyers turning to online forums to vent frustrations
- How to stop SA home buyers from being cheated
- Inspections: Agents have vital role to play
- Negotiating the repairs
- Why sellers should have their home inspected before listing
- Home inspection: What to expect
- Negotiating the deal
- 10 Most Common Problems that estate agents, buyers and sellers should know about
- When should agents recommend a home inspection?
- Are estate agents qualified to give this opinion?
- Rawson warns about risks of voetstoots sales
- OTP should have home inspection as default
- Questions to ask your estate agent
- Do estate agents think some home inspectors are deal killers?
- Another top estate agent advises full home inspection
- Estate agents now recommending home inspections
- Estate agent boss calls for compulsory home inspections
- Home inspections: How agents can manage buyer and seller emotions
- Downscaling still major factor in SA home sales
- Home seller’s inspections
- Zuma shakes up the estate agency industry
- New consumer ruling may change the face of the SA real estate industry
- Top attorney warns estate agents and sellers about the CPA
- Why do we need estate agents?
- Controlling the home inspection process
- Defects expose estate agents to risk
- For agents ignorance is no excuse
- Consumer Protection Act could make estate agents’ task difficult
- Category: blog
- Category: Home buying Trends
- Before you buy that house, watch how a home inspection can save you.
- Job Creation in the property sector – Picking the low hanging fruit
- SA property prices have “slow puncture”
- Foreign home buyers increase again
- It’s cheaper to buy than to build
- First-time buyers dominate market
- HouseCheck Property News Digest: October 2012
- Consumers are now less trusting
- SA Homes Getting Smaller
- Property industry needs to reinvent itself
- The Tsunami of Consumerism
- Property market still fragile
- Category: Home Inspections
- 4 Key Benefits Of A Property Condition Report
- Category: Inspections for the home buyer
- Certified Home Inspectors in South Africa
- The value of a home inspection
- Pay a realistic price for your home
- Which home inspector should you choose to reduce your risk?
- FAQ About Home Inspections
- Are Home Inspections Worth It?
- Buying a house in SA – what to watch out for…
- Property Practitioners Act will help home buyers make informed decisions
- COVID-19 HouseCheck’s Response to this Disease
- Property investors negotiate around emotional buys
- Home inspectors are the GP of the home building industry
- Timely maintenance inspections will save you money in the long run
- Chas Everitt: Home inspections FAQ
- Buying a house is such an exciting and yet nerve wracking experience
- HouseCheck protects home owners from being exploited by builders
- Would you have picked up on these defects?
- Three good reasons to get a home inspection
- Approved plans are important part of buyer’s due diligence
- At what stage do I get the inspection done?
- Journalist warns buyers to get home inspection done first
- Dream timber house turns into a nightmare
- More praise for HouseCheck
- Chaz Everitt advises that buyers should use home inspectors
- Due diligence on sectional title units is vital
- Voetstoots leaves an expensive mess
- Roof replacement or repair?
- Downside of the voetstoots clause
- Energy costs now important factor for home buyers to consider
- True life story why voetstoots alone is immoral, unprofessional and just plain wrong
- Why Voetstoots can be so unjust and immoral
- SA home buyers take huge risks with voetstoots clause
- “What you don’t know can hurt you!”
- Category: Inspections for the home seller
- Category: Property Practitioners Act
- Category: Recruitment
- Category: Technical aspects of home inspections
- Tips for buying a renovated home
- How to build a safe and stable boundary wall
- Black mould on ceilings and walls
- Neighbours and building plan departures
- Inspecting thatched roofs
- Detecting the causes of damp
- Bad mortar work on roof capping causes roof leaks
- Builders sometimes cut corners with tiled roofs
- Home inspection is a good career choice
- Poor drainage causes huge problems
- Water-damaged safety glass
- Faulty geysers can be very dangerous
- HouseCheck uses moisture meters to diagnose damp
- Damp damage on back of shower wall
- Moisture damaged safety glass
- Faulty wiring in the roof cavity
- Geysers inside cupboards
- Regular home maintenance pays big dividends
- 5 Maintenance tips to keep your house in top condition
- Buying a house? The 5-year rule
- HouseCheck launches SAHITA and makes its home inspection training available to all
- How to avoid buying a money pit
- Estate agency chiefs warn agents about the CPA
- Detecting and understanding roof leaks
- Understanding cracks in your house
- Geyser installation
- Category: Damp issues
- Category: Electric fences
- Category: Geyser issues
- Category: Structural issues
- Category: The Law and Home Inspections
- New law will give big boost to home inspection industry
- SARS tightens up on property transfers
- Category: Sectional Title Schemes Management Act
- Category: The Consumer Protection Act
- The cost of not getting your property inspected on time
- David vs Goliath – The Court of Public Opinion
- Does the sellers declaration protect the buyer?
- Home owners not adequately protected by legislative requirements
- Building? Immediately cut the stress by inspecting
- Limitations of a home inspection – CYA’s
- Ombudsman warns home buyers to take proven action
- CoC issues with electrical installation and electric fence
- The consumer is king
- Home inspection: SA estate agents are laggards
- What makes HouseCheck different?
- High litigation costs a threat to incautious home buyers
- SA must get its home building act together
- British home sellers and agents face jail for non-disclosure
- Home buyers need protection
- Expect more building failures as South Africans flout regulations
- Attorney warns: CPA doesn’t apply to single property transaction
- Buyers beware: Don’t skip the home inspection
- I am a victim, says Tobie
- HouseCheck wins accolades
- Conflict of interest
- Latent defects are hard to spot
- Voetstoots – latent and patent defects and the home inspection report
- Consumer Protection Act proving to be toothless
- Dangers of getting the cheapest quote
- Here’s another happy client
- Let the home buyer beware
- Home inspection can empower home buyers
- Consumer Champion inspires HouseCheck
- The Consumer Protector fights for her job – Saturday Star
- Property Buyers Rights are stated in Part H of the Consumer Protection Act
- Holding companies to account when they breach the Consumer Protection Act
- Avoid litigation at all costs
- Category: The Property Practitioners Act
- Estate Agents now have to show an equal duty of care to buyers and sellers
- 2020 – Contentious Property Practitioners Act Regulations Released
- Does the Voetstoots clause still apply?
- Property Practitioners Act passes in National Assembly
- The Property Practitioners Bill set to improve consumer protection
- Category: Uncategorized
- Three case studies where buyers did not get a home inspection
- The Invaluable Benefits of an Independent Home Inspection
- Home inspection | Checklist for homebuyers, sellers and agents
- Roof inspections: What should the home inspector check?
- The difference between a home inspector and a structural engineer
- Here’s why you should get a home inspection before buying
- Bank evaluations vs home inspections
- The new IPCA report will help sellers and agents comply with the law