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Capital Gains Tax for property owners and investors

The ramifications and implications of South Africa’s Capital Gains Tax (CGT) are these days fairly well understood by the business community and those with substantial assets, but..
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Rawson Property Group
23 Jun 2014

Pros and cons of a paid-up bond facility

Mrs Brown bought a property and registered a mortgage bond in favour of Bank X to finance the sale. She also opted for the home owners’ insurance, an option provided by Bank X to insure the property against damages as a ...
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Kloppers Incorporated
23 Jun 2014

When love and money walk out the door

Unmarried couples with one signatory to a rental agreement run the risk of their finances crumbling in the event that their relationship collapses. Some industry specialists say that under these circumstances the lease ...
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Anna-Marie Smith
19 Jun 2014

Buy property for profit

There are essentially two ways to approach investing in property: buying in the hope that the price will increase and you will be able to sell for a higher price in the near future (flipping) or ...
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Private Property Reporter
19 Jun 2014

Home loan homework 101

For most of us, buying a home means applying for a home loan. Here's how to get yourself in pole position for getting your home loan approved
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Jacqueline Gray
17 Jun 2014

Lord Awful

Besides Tupperware drawers and telesales calls, there are few things that get a girl’s nerves twitching as much as a galpal in distress. Except of course rude shop assistants and that’s an essay in itself. Which is worse one ...
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The Roosting Venus
12 Jun 2014

Don’t delay: transfer today

There surely can’t be anything more frustrating to a seller than a buyer who deliberately delays the transfer of a property. There are, of course, a number of very good, legitimate reasons why a sale takes longer to go through ...
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Lea Jacobs
12 Jun 2014

Bad debt is still bad debt

There's a little bit of bad news for those who have been rubbing their hands in glee at the idea that the recently introduced Credit Amnesty Act will magically make their bad debts disappear – it ...
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Lea Jacobs
12 Jun 2014

Evicting squatters off private property is costly and time-consuming

People who occupy private property illegally are difficult to evict and this process will often take the landlord many months to do, causing great loss in earnings and time, says Michael Bauer, general manager of property ...
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Michael Bauer
09 Jun 2014

The different types of rental mandates: Managed vs. non-managed

Our guide to understanding the differences between managed and non-managed leases when renting out a property,
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Knight Frank
09 Jun 2014