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Research Before you Buy

It's so easy to get caught up in the joyful madness of the holidays and most of us dream of living in a beautiful place in which we can create treasured memories. However, anyone who is considering buying a property off the ...
Property Advice
Lea Jacobs
18 Dec 2013

E-tolls Will Boost Moves To Central High-density Areas

The arguments against e-tolling and the strong opposition that they have engendered, surprising though it may seem, have failed to bring about any long-term changes in the newly imposed user tax arrangements and this being so, ...
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Press
18 Dec 2013

Buying In The Countryside? Beware Of Over-capitalisation

With the growth of rural outlying franchises in the Rawson Property Group, a very real danger has to be pointed out to those who, looking for a new lifestyle, investigate the possibility of buying in the countryside. Often, says ...
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Press
18 Dec 2013

Travel Items You Don’t Really Need

If ever there is an occasion that leads to the unnecessary purchasing of items that will be used once, it’s travel. From telescopic fishing rods that you hope will help land Moby Dick during your annual trip to the coast to a ...
Property Advice
Shaun Wewege
17 Dec 2013

When A Transkei Cottage Calls

For those travelling southward from a westerly direction, the journey to the beautiful Transkei coastline will take them via Eastern Cape. Whereas travellers from southern and northern region will make their way past the South ...
Property Advice
Anna-Marie Smith
11 Dec 2013

5 Top Tips For The Holidays

Marius Crook, Western Cape regional sales manager at ooba, South Africa’s biggest bond originator, advises that all home owners consider the following five points: 1.Bank your bonus: If you are fortunate enough to get a 13th ...
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Press
11 Dec 2013

The Eye of the Storm

Even those who pooh-pooh the whole global warming argument have to admit that the world is facing totally new challenges on the weather front. Hurricanes, tornadoes, monsoons, storm surges – you name it and you can bet your ...
Property Advice
Lea Jacobs
11 Dec 2013

Qunu: How A Little Village Shaped A Larger-Than-Life Man

As South Africans and indeed the rest of the world mourn the loss of former President Nelson Mandela, the small village where he spent most of his childhood, close to the place where he was born and where he will be laid to ...
Property Advice
Lea Jacobs
11 Dec 2013

Are You A Terrible Houseguest?

Are you a bad houseguest? There is a very good chance that you may be about as welcome as Genghis Khan but fail realise to realise it. It’s similar to the Dunning-Kruger effect, where those who...
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Shaun Wewege
11 Dec 2013

Banks Should Reward Loyal Bond Clients

Bank bashing is a pastime now engaged in by far too many South Africans not qualified to understand the banks’ positions and much of the criticism is way off the mark, says Bill Rawson, Chairman of the Rawson Property ...
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Press
11 Dec 2013