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How to Avoid Overcapitalising When Renovating Your House
While the property market is slowly but surely showing signs of recovery, it is unlikely that it will soon experience the same level of growth than in the years prior to the recession. It is thus that more important to maximise ...
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Private Property Reporter
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27 Sep 2010
If a House is Too Expensive, Consider a Flat For Sale
Following the recession, it is still extremely difficult for first time buyers to enter the property market. Banks have indicated that they will be less strict when it comes to home loans, but figures released from the various ...
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Private Property Reporter
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27 Sep 2010
Viewing Tips When Searching For Flats to Rent
You might think that viewing potential flats to rent is only to find out whether you like the place, but there is a lot more to it. Viewing flats to rent is your chance to establish whether you like the apartment, and to find out ...
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Private Property Reporter
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16 Sep 2010
Foolproof Guide To Understanding Property Jargon
Finding the perfect property to rent can be a lot like playing minesweeper – just when you’re convinced that you’re aware of all the pitfalls, you stumble right into another one. When looking at some advertisements in newspapers ...
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Private Property Reporter
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16 Sep 2010
Residential Building Activity Recovering
Levels of activity in the South African residential building and construction sector seem to be recovering from a protracted period of decline in 2008 and 2009. According to data released by Statistics South Africa, the number of ...
Property Advice
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Jacques du Toit
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16 Sep 2010
Is It Worthwhile To Invest In A Two Bedroom Duplex?
The global investment sphere has been on an unpredictable path over the past two years. Even experienced investors are not sure if the best investment in this erratic market is shares, unit trusts, property or cash. Is it still ...
Property Advice
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Private Property Reporter
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09 Sep 2010
Private Property Launches New Website
South Africa’s busiest property portal, Privateproperty.co.za, officially launched its new website this week after months of intense testing. The newly designed site follows international trends towards a clean-looking, ...
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Jane Wessels
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09 Sep 2010
Restoring Newtown to its former glory
Over the past few years a project to revive and refurbish Johannesburg’s inner city, driven by the City of Johannesburg, came to life. Newtown, one of Johannesburg inner city’s cultural precincts and home to theatres, galleries ...
Property Advice
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Private Property Reporter
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09 Sep 2010
July Household Sector Credit Growth Rises Slightly
Household credit growth still slow, and any further rise may not be a good thing at present. July SARB credit data, released today, continued to show pedestrian growth rates for both total mortgage advances as well as for overall ...
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John Loos
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02 Sep 2010
Uptick in Mortgage Advances Growth in July
According to data released by the South African Reserve Bank, the total value of outstanding mortgage balances at monetary institutions, which includes both commercial and residential mortgage loans, increased by 4% year-on-year ...
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Jacques du Toit
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02 Sep 2010