Sell houses.
We’ll handle the FICA.
Your Fidelity Fund Certificate now depends on your FICA files. Lucere collects client documents through one clean link, checks them against Home Affairs and CIPC, and keeps every client ready for inspection without you having to chase a thing.
Spreadsheets and email attachments are not a defence.
Enforcement, 2025–26
The inspection
is not a maybe.
The FIC has spent the last two years cracking down harder on property practitioners, and the PPRA now holds back Fidelity Fund Certificates from agencies that can’t show working FICA files when asked.
When an inspector shows up, they want your RMCP, your client files, your screening evidence, right there on the spot. With Lucere, that’s a login, not a scramble through old emails.
R0m
Maximum penalty for a firm
and R10m personally for the principal behind it
No FFC
No certificate, no legal trading
FFC issuance now depends on demonstrable FICA compliance
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Sanction notices in a single month
aimed squarely at estate agents and attorneys
Sources: FIC enforcement reports · PPRA FFC guidance · 2025–26
Every client’s standing.
One glance.
Your register scores every client in real time: documents present, still fresh, checks clear. Bank statements go stale after 90 days, and Lucere quietly chases your clients for a fresh one before an inspector ever notices, so you don’t have to.
See the full workspaceClient register · Meridian Estates
From mandate to audit pack
Four steps. No chasing, no shared drives, no shoebox of certified copies.
Send the request
Pick the right template for buyer, seller, lessee, or trust. Your client gets one clean link by email, nothing to install, nothing to explain.
They upload from a phone
Camera-first, one document per screen, plain language. Consent is captured per document and recorded permanently. Most people finish in minutes.
Verify against the source
Home Affairs identity checks, sanctions and PEP screening, CIPC company lookups: each one lands on the client file with its cost, so you’re covered before you even have to think about it.
Standing, always current
Every client scored live: documents present × fresh × checks clear. When the inspector calls, the audit pack is one click, not one weekend.
Meridian Estates asks for
- Your ID document
- Proof of address
- Bank statement
Your buyers and sellers finish in minutes
No accounts, no passwords, no printing. Your client opens one link on their phone, photographs their documents, and gives consent for each one they share. They keep a private vault, so when the bond originator or conveyancer asks again next week, fresh documents go out in minutes, always with their say-so.
Real checks, against the real registers
Hours of manual verification become seconds. Every check runs through accredited providers and lands on the client file on its own, so your compliance evidence quietly builds itself while you get on with your day.
Home Affairs identity
Name, status, and deceased flag checked against the national register while your client is still on the phone with you.
Sanctions & PEP screening
OFAC, UN, EU, and politically exposed person registers screened in a single recorded check.
CIPC company match
Registration, status, and the full director roster for company and trust clients, no CIPC queue, no waiting around.
Built for POPIA from the first line
Documents are encrypted at rest. ID numbers are stored only as one-way fingerprints, never the number itself. Every consent is recorded per document, per firm, for good, and your client can withdraw it whenever they choose. Retention rules are built in too, so records stick around exactly as long as the law asks, and not a day longer.
Walk into your first FIC inspection
with everything ready.
Get your firm set up in days, not months — the first 10 firms get 25% off their platform fee for their first 3 months.
Limited-time launch pricing — first 10 firms only.