Tag: houses
Contractors warned against building of houses of poor quality
North West cooperative governance, human settlement and traditional affairs MEC Mmoloki Cwaile has warned contractors that his department will not hesitate to take steps against those who build poor quality houses...
House prices are still in decline despite bigger and more loans in South Africa
House prices in South Africa have continued to drop when corrected for inflation even though the average percentage of the home price that a bank lends and the volume of mortgages...
SA’s number one crime is housebreaking
South Africa experienced roughly 1.3-million incidences of housebreakings in the last year which affected 5.8% of households in the country. StatsSA reports that the most commonly targeted households are those headed...
City of Cape Town clamps down on illegal extensions to houses
More than 100 owners of RDP houses in Dunoon face hefty fines or imprisonment for building rooms to rent, without permission from City authorities.
The City of Cape Town has...
New 3D printed house points the way to a more sustainable construction industry
Arup and CLS Architects unveiled 3D Housing 05 – a new 3D printed house in central Milan – as part of the Salone del Mobile design festival. Printed on-site by a portable robot,...
New era for timber construction company
Rustic Homes, forerunner of timber home design and construction in South Africa and leader in the field since the 1980s, has recently undergone a change of ownership, that being Werner Slabbert,...
Profit potential in Millennial renters
Many 25 to 35-year-old millennials would love to buy their own homes – but don’t have the earnings, steady jobs or credit records needed to qualify for home loans and so...
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