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LONG TERM, REALISTIC BUDGETING ESSENTIAL ON SECTIONAL TITLE SCHEMES, SAYS MICHAEL BAUER

One of the proven successes at the property management company, IHFM, said its general manager, Michael Bauer, recently has been the implementation of two to five year budgets for maintenance and repairs. “These days,” said ...

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Building insurance policies in sectional title schemes must meet the scheme’s full needs

Trustees of body corporates serving sectional title schemes,are often not aware that the Prescribed Management Rules governing sectional title schemes lay ...

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Bond origination – what does the future hold?

Bond origination came into its own in South Africa when the property boom hit. Those times have long since gone, and as the South African property landscape has changed, so has the origination sector.

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THE INTEREST RATE QUANDARY

The trick to investing in property is efficient gearing, put simply, using a large proportion of other people’s money, most likely borrowed from a bank.

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Getting started to invest in property

Get the knowledge to give you the advantage Now is probably the best time ever to invest in property with prices at it lowest point and with medium- to long term recovery in sight it is probably ...

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Australian Property Review - March 2011

The most important component of investing successfully overseas is Information and Partners.

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Spending habits are linked to property affordability

South Africans are not known as a nation of savers, in fact more often than not the opposite is true.

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How To Start Your Own Property Portfolio

Real estate is one of the most exciting and dynamic businesses to be involved in, and historically this is the best place to invest some of your hard earned cash. Many investors buy properties and bank them, and then sell the ...

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Is the stability of property prices a veneer?

As safe as houses is a term we were brought up with, but is the relative stability in the property market just a thin veneer hiding a much more sinister quagmire?