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How to Avoid Delays with Property Transfers

The point of sale is always the high water mark for both buyer and seller, whether or not the property has been sold privately, or through an estate agent. It then takes a period of approximately two to three months to register ...
Property Advice
Karien Hunter
23 Oct 2008

Property Ownership - Company, Trust or Individual?

A well-planned strategy is key to building a property portfolio that will create sufficient residual income for your needs. An important part of that strategy is to decide whether individual...
Property Advice
Erina Botha
23 Oct 2008

Electronic Acceptance of the Offer to Purchase

Gone are the days of the parties to a sale agreement sitting around the dining table or board room, sipping tea and completing and signing an agreement – these days communication through various ...
Property Advice
Karien Hunter
16 Sep 2008

Property Mortgage Market Update - September 2008

Plummeting New Mortgage Loans reflect the weak state of the residential property market, but are helping to stabilise the household debt situation.   The South African Reserve Bank Quarterly Bulletin was released yesterday, and ...
Property Advice
John Loos
15 Sep 2008

It’s a good time to negotiate lower rent

More and more people are deciding to rent instead of buy as the housing market waivers. But what many aren’t aware of, is the negotiating power they have when looking for a rental property ...
Property Advice
Karin Iten
15 Sep 2008

To fix or to float interest rates?

Property experts and owners alike may have breathed a sigh of relief when the Reserve Bank hiked interest rates by just 0.5 percentage points. Consensus had been for a one percent increase ...
Property Advice
Heather D'Alton
15 Sep 2008

Check Security When you Look for that Dream Home

Beefing up poor security measures after you move into your new dream home can be an expensive exercise. By doing a thorough check of the home’s security before signing the offer to purchase you will at least know what you are ...
Property Advice
Lindy Barry
15 Sep 2008

Managing Sectional Title Property

Lifeblood of the body corporateWhether you are an owner, a trustee, a managing agent or an attorney, you will agree that levies are essential to the efficient running of sectional title schemes...
Property Advice
Jennifer Paddock
15 Sep 2008

Sectional Title Scheme Management: What Investors Need To Know

Subject to local authority town planning regulations, building restrictions and common law, owners of freehold title properties are free to manage their properties as they please. A sectional title owner however, is governed by ...
Property Advice
Jennifer Paddock
20 Aug 2008

Staging Your Home to Sell

As you all know, the property market is experiencing a marked slow down on previous activity, and many people are finding it difficult to sell their property’s at the expected price. If you don’t ...
Property Advice
Eril Wiehahn
20 Aug 2008