Pretoria

In equal first place with Cape Town, we had responses from 56 law firms, representing 208 partners, of whom 97 are conveyancing partners. The findings read as follows:

Internet connectivity
Permanent connection					84%
Dial up					16%
Recovery of Posts & Petties costs
Transfers				Bonds	Cancellations
High			R 750	R 650	R 350
Low			R 150	R 150	R 25
Average			R 377	R 340	R 171
Recovery of Deeds Office search costs
High					R 350
Low					R 28
Average					R 62
Did not respond					13%
Recovery of electronic bond instruction costs
ABS		FNB	NED	STD	AVG
High	R 150	R 150	R 150	R 170	R 155
Low	R 45	R 45	R 45	R 45	R 45
Average	R 72	R 75	R 75	R 78	R 75
Did not respond	71%	71%	71%	71%	71%
Recovery of FICA search costs
Individuals				Companies	Trusts
High			R 450	R 600	R 600
Low			R 70	R 70	R 70
Average			R 220	R 225	R 252
Did not respond			41%	41%	41%
Firms that have increased the recommended tariff					20%
Firms that charge a minimum fee					9%
Discounting of fees
High					50%
Low					10%
Average					21%
Did not respond					21%
Percentage of firms which incentivise their secretaries					54%
Ratio of senior secretaries to junior secretaries					1 : 0.7
Matter "legs" per secretary per month
A completed bond and a completed transfer each = 1 leg, while a cancellation = half a leg
High					98
Low					1
Average					22
How long will the property boom last?
Don't know					18%
Over already					25%
Less than 6 months					16%
Less than 1 year					20%
More than 1 year					21%

Links to the regional results
Main survey results
Bloemfontein
Cape Town
Durban
East London
George
Johannesburg - East
Johannesburg - Sandton
Johannesburg - South
Johannesburg - West
Pietermaritzburg
Port Elizabeth