Lessons on proposed property laws dominated the airwaves last night: Real Estate Registry Head Gamal Yacout laid out amendments to the Real Estate Registry Act meant to simplify property registration in an interview on Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 42:23). The amendments received the greenlight from the House of Representatives yesterday. A related overhaul of the property disposal tax, which was greenlit by the House of Representatives’ Planning and Budget Committee yesterday, was discussed in a phone-in from committee head Fakhry Elfiky to Yahduth Fi Masr’s Sherif Amer (watch, runtime: 5:51). The bill would see property owners pay a lump sum tax when selling their real estate assets, replacing the current 2.5% tax. We have more on the bills that were up in the House yesterday in our Legislation Watch section, above.

Also getting coverage: The swearing in of Judge Boulos Fahmy as the first Coptic Christian to head the Supreme Constitutional Court. Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 7:27), Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 3:08), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 5:25), and Yahduth Fi Masr (watch, runtime: 1:28) took note of the milestone.