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Method behind property pricing madness
You’ve decided to sell your house and you call in an agent to value your property. You decide that the agent doesn’t know what he’s talking about and opt to market the property at a higher price. You also add on the odd R100 000 ...
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Lea Jacobs
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29 May 2014
Comply or demolish
When building or moving into a new home, occupational certificates are as necessary as clearance certificates. WHAT certificates, you ask?
Most simply, city councils issue occupancy certificates to certify that buildings have ...
Property Advice
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Anna-Marie Smith
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29 May 2014
Fools rush in
House hunting is an exciting time. Chances are you have a fairly good idea of what you’re looking for and will know when you’ve finally found “the one”. From the moment you step through the doorway a feeling creeps up on you, ...
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Jacqueline Gray
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29 May 2014
Sole providers
What exactly is a sole mandate and why is it so popular?
Property Advice
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Lea Jacobs
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29 May 2014
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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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Anna-Marie Smith
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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
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15 May 2014