Cape Town rental agents 'extorting' application fees from prospective tenants

Cape Town rental agents 'extorting' application fees from prospective tenants
26 May 2021 8:06 PM
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'I'm so shocked by what I'm hearing' exclaims TT Mbha, the founder of Black Real Estate in Gauteng.
Estate agents charge landlords for finding and credit-checking prospective tenants.
But since when does someone looking to rent have to pay a non-returnable "application fee"?
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Nick Hedley chats to Bruce Whitfield about his experience as he looks to move from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
The communications consultant and former Business Day/Financial Mail journo was asked to pay a fee of R950-plus just to apply for a rental apartment.

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