Call for property industry to be declared an essential service

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An united property industry has called on government to re-open the Deeds Office during lockdown and to categorise the property industry as an essential service. LockdownSA Day25ofLockdown COVID19SouthAfrica

The industry has also called for the re-opening of municipalities on a skeleton staff to ensure rates clearances can be issued and that transfers can take place.

They also argue that the real estate industry – involved in the shelter of South Africans – should be allowed to fall under the essential services classification. as they do in other parts of the world and “be allowed to continue operating to a certain extent,” adds Re/Max Southern Africa director, Adrian Goslett.

“Once the country returns to normalcy and these estate agents can function once again, they will have to wait a further three months or more for payment in respect of sales then concluded. The industry simply cannot survive this.”

 

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The way things are going it seems like everyone who is involved in business wants to be declared essential service, where does it end every person/business is affected by the Covid 19 including the government. This is unprecedented worldwide the more we openup thedelay instopping

Who tf is gonna be buying a house now lmao

Not a chance. Laughable at best

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I think they should.

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