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Good Insulation Adds Comfort and Saves Cost
For those wanting to be in the know before buying a Cape home, a good start would be an understanding of the Western Cape’s Climatic Zoning. Which in accordance with the National Building Regulations and SA National Standards ...
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Anna-Marie Smith
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15 May 2013
Home Is Where The Pit Of Vipers Isn’t
The past few weeks have afforded me the opportunity to travel a great deal more than I can ever remember. I spent some time in Port Elizabeth, visited the Drakensberg for a wedding and wrapped up my jet-setting with a short stay ...
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Shaun Wewege
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15 May 2013
Think Before you Buy and Reap the Rewards Later
Buying a home arguably constitutes the largest financial commitment you’ll ever make. As such, it is a purchase that should be carefully considered and planned. So says Steven Barker, director of home loans at Standard Bank who ...
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Jacqueline Gray
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15 May 2013
Buying Property in a Digital World
With a growing first-time buyer market and the average age of buyers in the mid-thirties, it's clear that property purchasing in South Africa is being driven by the younger generation. The way that property is advertised and ...
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Press
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15 May 2013
The 7 “deadly sins” of investing in property (article 1 of 4)
Do you know someone who has invested in the US property market and had disastrous results? Has their experience caused you to not pursue your own offshore opportunities?
Many of us would like to have investments offshore. They ...
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YDL Property Investments
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15 May 2013
A guide for self-employed property investors
If you run your own business, you may find it trickier, rather than easier, to buy a property – and this applies as much to a first-time home buyer as seasoned property investor.
Although your business savvy shows that you’re ...
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ooba
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15 May 2013
Stop Complaining and Pay your Rates
Many of those who have lodged a grievance with their local municipality and have been placing the money owed for rates and taxes in an attorney's trust account may have to rethink ways of voicing their displeasure at the way ...
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Lea Jacobs
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14 May 2013
'Master Bedroom' Deemed Racist
It has come to light that select people are offended with the common term used to describe the largest bedroom (with its own bathroom) in a house.
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Press
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14 May 2013
R85 Million Squandered on 104 Uninhabitable Homes
The latest housing scandal to make the news reveals just how deep-seated corruption and malpractice is in South Africa. According to reports, the office of public protector Thuli Madonsela has been asked to investigate an ...
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Jacqueline Gray
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13 May 2013
Beware of those who downgrade the value of investing in property
Although it is by no means always the case, there is a small grain of truth in the old taunt “those who can’t do, become financial consultants”.
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Rawson Property Group
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09 May 2013