Found 10 Real Estate Articles for you to read this week

FRIDAY JAN 29, 2016
Average age of property buyers rises with prices
Affordability issues have pushed up the average age of residential property buyers to above 43 years old from levels near 40 years old in 2007, and reduced the average monthly volume of transactions to about a third of the peak in late 2003.

Architects and commission at odds over expertise restrictions
The SA Council for the Architectural Profession (Sacap) is at loggerheads with the Competition Commission over restrictions the council wants to place on architectural practitioners according to their competency and expertise to protect the public.
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Durban passenger terminal project to begin again
Durban will not get its much-anticipated world-class passenger cruise terminal... just yet. There was only one bidder interested in designing, developing and operating the proposed terminal near the Durban Point Waterfront and uShaka Marine World - and that company was unsuccessful.
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Durban 'problem' building to be closed down
One of Durban's problem buildings, once occupied by tenants in makeshift rooms, has been shut and will be cleaned up.
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THURSDAY JAN 28, 2016

No contract for Durban Cruise Terminal awarded
In a shock announcement yesterday, the Transnet National Ports Authority revealed that it had failed to award a contract for development of the proposed new cruise terminal at the Durban port after receiving just one, unsuitable bid.
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120 rundown buildings in Durban CBD
Durban is grappling with 120 rundown buildings in the city centre, which are in various stages of dilapidation and house thousands of people desperate for accommodation.
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WEDNESDAY JAN 27, 2016

Durban's 'new' billing project completed after 12 years
An end appears to be in sight for eThekwini's controversial revenue billing project, the Revenue Management System, close to R1 billion and 12 years later.
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R3.4bn to be spent expanding Gautrain
The R3.4 billion funding required for the financing of the construction and maintenance of 48 new Gautrain coaches will not be coming out of any government department budgets.
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Cape Town bemoaned over signage laws
The man who owns the largest outdoor advertising agency in Cape Town says third-party advertisers are getting a raw deal from the City of Cape Town's "outdated" signage by-law.
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Clairwood truck project to go ahead in Durban
Environmental activists in the South Durban Basin have lost the battle to save the old Clairwood Racecourse as development of a R3.5 billion logistics park got the goahead this week.
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