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Be a better candidate for a bond

Paying for something is not simply a matter of giving cash to someone else. Some of – if not all of – the most important items cost a great deal more than most of us can usually and immediately ...
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Private Property Reporter
22 May 2014

Should it stay or should it go?

Selling a home is pretty exciting, making it easy to get caught up in the moment and forget to discuss - and clarify - important issues with the buyer. Before cussing becomes the order of the day. One particularly prickly issue ...
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Lea Jacobs
22 May 2014

Get into gear

Sustainability is a busy word these days, popping up everywhere from the supermarket to the shoe shop, and while I’m not one for jumping on bandwagons very readily, sustainability is a concept I do feel we need to take ...
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The Roosting Venus
22 May 2014

You snooze, you snooze

My Other Half likes a cat-nap. In fact so much so does he enjoy them that I find him nodding off in all manner of unplanned places as a matter of course. It’s all very well for example after a lengthy lunch on a Sunday, but ...
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The Roosting Venus
15 May 2014

Stand up and be counted

Being a legal-wise property owner is an arduous but necessary business – and even more so when looking at how the law prescribes that voting processes must be applied at sectional title scheme meetings. On average, the passing ...
Property Advice
Anna-Marie Smith
15 May 2014

CPA: the all-important 20-day clause

While the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) has done South African consumers an enormous favour by protecting their rights it has, unfortunately, also led to a great deal of confusion as to what a tenant’s rights actually are. This ...
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Lea Jacobs
15 May 2014

Even Batman loses sometimes

This is my second attempt at my weekly Private Property feature. You see, I clicked “save”, shut-down and went to bed thinking I would give the future Pulitzer-winning piece a quick read-through in the morning. But it was not ...
Property Advice
Shaun Wewege
15 May 2014

Bank values vs bond amounts

Not much is quite as frustrating as finding the home of your dreams at a price you can afford, only to discover that the bank is unwilling to grant a bond because they don't agree with the ...
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Lea Jacobs
15 May 2014

Access bonds offer tax-free savings opportunities

Having an access bond is one of the smartest ways you can manage your home loan. An access bond allows borrowers who have paid additional money into their bond, to withdraw the extra money should they need it. “Access bonds are ...
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ooba
13 May 2014

Opinion: local property investment is safer than offshore options

With UK, European and US residential property now showing many signs of recovery, Bill Rawson, was recently asked if he still holds the view he propounded in 2009..
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Rawson Property Group
13 May 2014