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Low Interest Rates Beneficial to SA Housing Sector

The South African Reserve Banks' decision to hold the repo rate at 5%, although almost universally anticipated, will help bolster the residential property market for the foreseeable future, says Bill Rawson, chairman of the ...
Property Advice
Press
11 Feb 2013

Your Credit Rating is Your most Important Asset

If you’re thinking about buying your first home, get your financial affairs in order as soon as possible. You need a clean credit record to secure a home loan. Unless you have a clean record of servicing debt, your bank will be ...
Property Advice
Press
11 Feb 2013

New CPA Rules Entitle a Tenant to Cancel Lease

A fair amount of confusion and dismay has become evident among landlords and tenants following the promulgation of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), which, among other things, allows a tenant to cancel a lease immediately, no ...
Property Advice
Cathy Nolan
11 Feb 2013

Market dynamics influencing home sales

It's often said that purchasing a property is possibly the largest financial decision any consumer can make..
Property Advice
Adrian Goslett
11 Feb 2013

Hunt Down Those Bargains

We all hear about those people who closed the property deal of a lifetime, but for most of us, bargain-priced discoveries remain fairly elusive. Interestingly, an Internet search conducted recently highlighted a number of ...
Property Advice
Lea Jacobs
07 Feb 2013

The Mancave

Lately the idea of a mancave has become rather popular in men's magazines. We see homes where a whole area has been designed with the child-like guy in mind - giant televisions with state of the art gaming consoles and ...
Property Advice
Shaun Wewege
06 Feb 2013

The Grass isn’t Always Greener…

Over the past few years there have been numerous, occasionally controversial reports regarding the number of South Africans who have decided to ‘up sticks’ and move to another country. Reports suggest that between 600 000 and ...
Property Advice
Jacqueline Gray
06 Feb 2013

New CPA Rules Entitle a Tenant to Cancel Lease

A fair amount of confusion and dismay has become evident among landlords and tenants following the promulgation of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA).
Property Advice
Press
06 Feb 2013

The property market 5 years after the recession

The start of the recession in 2008 took its toll locally and globally on employment.
Property Advice
Press
06 Feb 2013

Objections to Municipal Valuations Can Pay Off

From personal experience, and a positive one at that, it is worth obtaining property valuations in good time, so as to respond within the 30 day
Property Advice
Anna-Marie Smith
06 Feb 2013