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What is bridging finance?
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What is bridging finance?

What bridging finance means for your cash-flow and how it's a useful tool.

Home loan rate options
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Home loan rate options

Each bank has different options and may even call these options by different names. Here is a comparison of the most common options.

What is the interest rate?
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What is the interest rate?

How the South African Reserve Bank calculates the interest rate, and what it is used for.

What is mortgage origination?
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What is mortgage origination?

Applying for a home loan can be a very time consuming and involved process. Mortgage originators can assist you in applying for a home loan or building loan, from the various major banks.

When does an offer to purchase lapse?
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When does an offer to purchase lapse?

Find what happens when an offer to purchase lapses, is revoked, rejected or there is a death.

The offer to purchase agreement : suspensive and resolutive conditions
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The offer to purchase agreement : suspensive and resolutive conditions

What is a condition, and why do suspensive and resolutive conditions exist?

The offer to purchase agreement - information on important clauses
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The offer to purchase agreement - information on important clauses

A brief description of what should be included in each section of the offer to purchase.

What is included in the sale or purchase of immovable residential property?
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What is included in the sale or purchase of immovable residential property?

What immovable property means, and what should be included in its sale or purchase.

Basic requirements for a valid agreement and a valid offer and acceptance
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Basic requirements for a valid agreement and a valid offer and acceptance

What to include in an offer to purchase, the acceptance of this offer and an agreement.