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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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09 Jun 2014
What happens when levies aren’t paid
Owners of units in sectional title schemes who do not pay their levies place an unacceptable burden on the other members of the scheme.
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Propell
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09 Jun 2014
Security at all costs
Whether you’re a student or a CEO, chances are you’re concerned about security. We all want to live safely, without our families being harmed, retaining all our possessions as we acquire them.
The official stats from 2012-2013 ...
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Private Property Reporter
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05 Jun 2014
Transfer duty or VAT?
When buying a property, the cost of the transfer duty or the VAT, whichever is applicable, is calculated on the purchase price and becomes due prior to the registration of a sale.
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Anna-Marie Smith
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05 Jun 2014
Ensure you secure your rental
With demand for rental properties increasing and inventory shortages being experienced, it can be quite a task for tenants to find the right property. It seems that in today’s rental market there just aren’t enough apartments ...
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Private Property Reporter
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29 May 2014