Property

Overview

 

The Property portal of SA Revealed focuses on:

• Property transactions and bonds of R5 million and more (from January 2013)
• All Listed Property Company transactions (shows all transactions)
• Property Auctions (on occurrence of an auction)

The relevant section is accessed by hovering the mouse over the Property tab.  The individual tabs will appear to the right of the Property tab.  Click on the tab and the individual transactions will appear on the map as well as a Description Box

 

Working in the Map

 

There are a number of query and navigation tools on the map.

 

Navigation

 

The main navigation is through the Google maps tool functionality using the zoom bar and the ability to move the map by holding the left mouse button, and dragging the map.  The map will also centre and zoom in to half the zoom level by double clicking on a point on the map

 

Description Box

 

The Description Box provides the functionality to query the data via a number of aspects:

 

• Search

 

The data can be searched on the fields listed, and the results of the query will appear on the map

 

• Tool Buttons

 

Click on the tool buttons provide map functionality:

 

• Layer Visibility - turn data layer on and off

 

• Turns Google satellite imagery on and off

 

• Turns Google Street View on and off

 

• Point Select - Place the map pointer above the property on the map, and the property details will appear below the map

 

• Radius Select - Point map pointer to centre of area to select, hold left mouse button, and drag outwards. When area has been selected, a blue radius will appear.  Release the mouse button, and the area will be selected.  All transactions below the blue radius will appear in the Selection Box below the map

 

Selection Box

 

The Selection Box appears below the map whenever transactions are selected via the Tools or the Search functionality.

 

The first field has a hyperlinked Select indicator.  Choose the record you wish to view, and the map will zoom to the record, and and 'i' button will appear with the Tool buttons.  Click on the 'i' Tool Button, and the property transaction records will appear in a box.  These include Property, Price, and Bond details.

 

The Buyer field is also hyperlinked if the buyer is a company.  Click on the hyperlink and the directors details will be displayed.