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Housing Market Indicators

'Shaken, not stirred' - making sense of the macroeconomic indicators and the housing market. Just as James Bond makes a comeback in our cinemas year after year, so will the inevitable cycle ...
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Gina Schoeman
06 Mar 2007

108% Home Loans

Property ownership is becoming increasingly top of everyone's wish list and the banks have become a lot more lenient in their lending policies by allowing first-time and second-time buyers ...
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Denise Simpson
12 Dec 2006

Stone: Past and Present

This article serves to provide a brief overview of how stone was articulated in the past and how it is being moulded into our lifestyles today.
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Charles Taylor
06 Nov 2006

What has happened to the R500 000 house?

Gina Schoeman, an Economic Analyst at Standard Bank asks the question: "What has happened to the R500 000 house?" There was a time when locating a R500 000 mid-range house was not a difficult ...
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Gina Schoeman
06 Nov 2006

Competition Breeds Innovation

Competition Breeds Innovation: Equity Release Mortgages If you're looking for a home loan with your name on it, a competitive home loan market is the place to explore. Competition, in its ...
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Gina Schoeman
05 Oct 2006

Port Elizabeth Residential Property Market

Economic forces playing themselves out elsewhere in the country are supportive of Mandela Bay property in the long term. In a recent article for the Private Property magazine, I put my head on ...
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John Loos
05 Oct 2006

Soweto - Burgeoning Market

Private Property recently launched its first franchise office in Soweto, headed by Tshepo Masitenyane.
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Julia Hinton
31 Aug 2006

Conventional Mortgage Rate vs. Jibar Rate

CONVENTIONAL MORTGAGE RATE VERSUS JIBAR RATE Historically, the majority of home loan finance in South Africa has been provided by the major 4 retail banks, but over the past few years new ...
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Denise Simpson
03 Aug 2006

Property Markets

Is KZN, long the poor cousin of the other 2 major provinces, on the verge of regaining the top residential property spot? I wonder how many people have noticed that in recent years ...
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John Loos
03 Aug 2006

Changing Trends in Residential Living

Jacques du Toit, Senior Property Economist of the Absa Group looks at the factors influencing residential living trends and their impact in driving changes in the residential property market ...
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Jacques du Toit
06 Jul 2006