Tag: Kayley Leverton

There is something wonderfully optimistic about the word inheritance. It carries a sense of something gained without effort, simply handed down. A holiday home by the sea. A share in a property. Perhaps an investment that has been in the family for years. Then comes the small print. The holiday house is shared with your siblings.

Airbnb is dominating the property conversation right now. Record tourism numbers, mounting pressure on housing supply in cities such as the City of Cape Town (COCT), and fresh regulatory movement from the city have pushed short-term letting beyond a side hustle. It is now serious business. However, alongside the opportunity, a growing and increasingly litigious tension is emerging in sectional title schemes.