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Tips and tricks for creating property wealth
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Tips and tricks for creating property wealth

Investing in property is a good way to create wealth provided your strategy is well thought out. Here are some factors to bear in mind.

How to avoid losing your home when you can’t pay the bond
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How to avoid losing your home when you can’t pay the bond

If you are in financial difficulty, your bank is likely to make arrangements that will allow you to keep your home.

How to choose the best place for your retirement
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How to choose the best place for your retirement

With people living longer, fuller lives, it is important to choose wisely when deciding where to spend your retirement.

Well priced Durban homes selling within a week
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Well priced Durban homes selling within a week

Property buyers in Durban are still very active in spite of the constrained economy and well-priced homes are selling quickly.

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The best estates in Kwazulu Natal

Carol Reynolds, Pam Golding Properties Area Principal for Durban Coastal, chats about the property market as well as estate living in her home province, KwaZulu-Natal.

Sectional title schemes can block Airbnb letting
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Sectional title schemes can block Airbnb letting

The Ombud for community housing schemes has cleared up the confusion regarding letting sectional title units.

Permission needed for short term letting of Cape Town apartments
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Permission needed for short term letting of Cape Town apartments

Many apartment owners are choosing to rent out their property as short term lets but they need to check that they are legally allowed to do so.

Points to ponder when buying your first home
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Points to ponder when buying your first home

While buying your home may be one of the most exciting things you will ever do, there are many pitfalls that first-time and even second time home buyers could fall into along the way.

64% of sales in upmarket Zimbali were in cash
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64% of sales in upmarket Zimbali were in cash

Analysis of 3.5 years of sales in Zimbali reveals interesting statistics – including the fact that 64% of sales were in cash