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Buy-To-Let Investors Beware

We recently received a letter from one of our readers asking about the pitfalls of renting out a property they had bought, before transfer had taken place. In other words, the buyer would be leasing the home to a third party ...

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Inspect Before You Sign

Moving into a new home is supposed to be an exciting event and, for many buyers, it is often the happy result of a long and arduous house hunt. But what if your happy ending is just the beginning of a nightmare? Eric Bell of ...

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Move Over Nostradamus

We’ve reached that point in the year where writers all seem to do one of two things: write open letters; or write about what they hope to see in the next 365 days. I am too lazy to write an open letter. Perhaps “lazy” is not ...

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Expect More Building Failures As South Africans Flout Regulations

A leading building inspector has warned that fatal building failures in South Africa like the collapse of a new Tongaat shopping mall will proliferate due to a lack of adequate policing of building standards and of building ...

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Top 10 things homebuyers look for

What are the elements that today’s homebuyers look for when purchasing a property?

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Mudslide Stopped By Good Infrastructure on Chappies

The unpredictability of ‘natural phenomena’ and ‘earthmoving’ lay before our eyes after cycling to Houtbay via Chapman’s Peak drive on Saturday morning. Although torrential rain this weekend wreaked havoc across the Cape ...

Location, Location, Location
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Location, Location, Location

We have all heard the experts citing the importance of the location of a property. In fact, they place so much emphasis on this that they often repeat the word three times.

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Things To Consider Before Buying An Investment Property

During December, many people explore the opportunity of buying a holiday home in their favourite destination. ooba, South Africa’s biggest bond originator and experts in home finance, have listed a few pointers to consider when ...

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Rental Tribunal Doing A Great Job, But Can be Manipulated By Tenants

Across South Africa the Rental Tribunal Board is regularly called on to adjudicate in cases where the landlord, for whatever reason, has decided to increase his rent by more than the limits generally considered reasonable, i.e. ...