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Exploring the Merits of Residential Property Funds

With investors still smarting from losses incurred during last year’s financial crisis many remain wary of complex financial instruments, preferring instead to invest in assets such as residential ...
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Press
26 Nov 2009

The ‘Big Five’ When Buying a Home in SA

With South African banks granting 100% home loans again, South Africans are slowly but surely starting to buy property. “This is evident in the increase in the number of home loans being ...
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Press
25 Nov 2009

Residential building activity still low, but showing signs of some improvement

Although activity with regard to new housing construction remained under pressure up to September 2009 compared with the corresponding period last year, conditions appear to have improved somewhat over the past few months. On ...
Property Advice
Jacques du Toit
19 Nov 2009

The Residential Cycle by Price Segment

Higher-Priced Areas Appear to be Keeping Their Status as the Leader in the Residential CycleFrom Deeds data, using transactions by individuals only, and in areas deemed to be residential property ...
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John Loos
19 Nov 2009

Area Review: Property in Waterfall

Once upon a time, Hillcrest was a village and Waterfall didn’t really feature. These days it's a different story.
Property Advice
Antoinette McDonald
19 Nov 2009

Elements Align for First-Time Home Buyers

Conditions in the current property market are creating a window of opportunity for first-time buyers putting homes in their sights that would have been impossible to finance a year ago, according ...
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Press
17 Nov 2009

The Name's Bond, Mortgage Bond

While the NCA was fashioned to prevent reckless lending, as a nation we have not, as yet, created a savings culture to diminish our reliance on financial institutions. Though, a surprising level ...
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Dieter Deppisch
12 Nov 2009

Vital signs indicate US real-estate market recovering slowly, SA in better shape

There has been a seven per cent year-on-year increase in real estate property transactions during summer in the US.
Property Advice
Press
09 Nov 2009

Area Review: Property in Craighall Park

Smack bang between Blairgowrie and Hyde Park is the highly sought-after and hip suburb of Craighall Park. While the road names are terribly posh (think Buckingham, Devonshire, Westminster and ...
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Antoinette McDonald
05 Nov 2009

Aspire To a Secure Financial Future

In order to build a brand with a name that is easier to remember, Interfusion Finance has changed its name to Aspire. Says CEO David Smith: “Our clients aspire to have a better life once they ...
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Press
05 Nov 2009