SA’s top property management company Trafalgar has now launched a real estate sales service, primarily to assist the owners of units in Sectional Title and other community housing schemes. “The rental market has come under enormous stress over the past …

Leading property management company Trafalgar would like more women to be involved in running the community housing schemes where they live and is offering free online courses to help them become knowledgeable Sectional Title trustees and HOA directors. “Lightstone research …

Property owners in community housing schemes such as Sectional Title complexes and gated estates should be celebrating the newly-gazetted change to the Electricity Generation Act regulations, which will allow private individuals and businesses to generate up to 100KW of electricity …

With the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) coming into effect this week (1 July), community housing schemes which have not yet done so urgently need to appoint their official Information Officers and ensure that they are registered with the …

Leading property management company Trafalgar has just launched a free online course for sectional title building managers and caretakers – the latest addition to a range of e-learning courses the company has been offering since last year as part of …

It has been almost five years since the Sectional Title Schemes Management Act (STSMA) came into effect, and most schemes now seem to be complying with one of the biggest changes it introduced, which was the requirement for every Sectional …

Leading property management company Trafalgar and top law firm Michalsons have joined forces to launch a compliance “toolkit” that will assist community housing schemes (CHS) to prepare for the implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) before the …

It is quite common for the trustees and directors of Sectional Title and other community housing schemes to want to change the Conduct Rules of their schemes in pursuit of a harmonious and co-operative atmosphere between residents – but they …

There is much that Sectional Title trustees and Home Owners’ Association directors can do to avoid large insurance claims arising in their housing schemes – and also much that they must do to avoid any claims that are submitted from …

Good financial and cash flow management is at the heart of all well-run and efficiently operated community housing schemes, including Sectional Title schemes, shareblocks, retirement developments and Home Owners’ Associations (HOAs). And the basis of this, says Andrew Schaefer, MD …