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2015 through a crystal ball
South Africa narrowly avoided a recession in the first half of 2014 – a fact that is doing little to assuage investors’ concerns over the country’s economic prospects.
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Simon Bray
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16 Sep 2014
Living “out the box”
Apartment living has changed quite a bit in recent times. In the bad old days, living in an apartment was viewed as a stepping stone before you took the plunge and moved into a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home in suburbia. There ...
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Lea Jacobs
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11 Sep 2014
The state of estate living
It’s not surprising that, given our high crime rate, people are choosing to live in gated estates. The adage “safety in numbers” definitely applies here and with upmarket estates offering a wealth of security services, it’s ...
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Lea Jacobs
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04 Sep 2014
“Low flying” tenants showing up on the radar
With all the news reports floating around concerning horror stories of defaulting tenants, it would be easy to assume that the majority of those who rent property are hell bent on taking landlords for a ride. However a recent ...
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Michelle Dickens
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01 Sep 2014
The time's ripe for investing
While the statistics indicate that property sales in July reflected the trend of positive year-on-year growth, the pace of growth is beginning to slow. This, despite the economic challenges South Africa has been facing of late. ...
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ooba
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01 Sep 2014
Real estate is 2014’s top performer
South African investors have a fairly positive outlook on expected rates of return for this year (12.4%) and over the next 10 years (16.9%) and are highly optimistic about reaching their financial goals (87%), according to the ...
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Real Estate Investment Magazine
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01 Sep 2014
A R6-million home could be yours!
Win a Home is a brand-new reality show presented by three of South Africa’s most charismatic television personalities: Cindy Nell-Roberts, Tumi Voster and Maps Maponyane. And it starts tonight!
The show looks inside gorgeous ...
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Cathy Nolan
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21 Aug 2014
Billiton, Rio Tinto and Anglo American are divesting from SA - Truth, Fact and Opportunity
Billiton, Rio Tinto and Anglo American are divesting from SA. What more needs to happen to persuade people to diversify personally? These global companies decisions are due to unattractiveness based on electricity shortages, ...
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Scott Picken
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20 Aug 2014
We’re living in INTERESTING times
South Africa has experienced two interest rate hikes so far this year and, while the doomsayers may be saying “we told you so”, our repo rate still has an awfully long way to go before it reaches the scary highs of the ...
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Lea Jacobs
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31 Jul 2014
Hibiscus Coast is coming up roses
Although Margate and nearby Uvongo in KwaZulu-Natal continue to see an improvement in the number of permanent residents settling in the area, the second-home market remains very muted.
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Lea Jacobs
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31 Jul 2014