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Commit To Your Investment

“It’s always easy to start the New Year with good intentions, but just as easy to lose determination as the year gets underway,” says Careen McKinon, ooba Western Cape provincial sales manager. “Property is an ongoing ...

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Secure Retirement Living Can Be Affordable

As stark as the realities of growing crime levels in South Africa may be to young families that are able to work toward a secure lifestyle, increased awareness of the safety of our senior citizens is essential.    While very ...

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Household Insurance Under Scrutiny

It's always advisable to update your household contents insurance on an annual basis and January could be the perfect month to get this done. Expensive Christmas gifts aside, most of us have bought things for the home throughout ...

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Décor Goes Neutral

While most of us update our wardrobes on a fairly regular basis to reflect changing styles, many don't pay nearly as much attention to their homes. Before we go any further, we are not suggesting that everyone rush out and ...

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Cape Town’s On The International Agenda

Although Cape Town has long been a favourite with both local and international visitors, it has only recently really received the international acclaim it so richly deserves.

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Negotiate a great deal

More and more South African home buyers are now making their offer to purchase (OTP) contingent on a satisfactory inspection report – which is usually paid for by the buyer. This means that ...

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How High Should You Go?

More and more South African home buyers are now making their offer to purchase (OTP) contingent on a “satisfactory” home inspection report – which is usually paid for by the buyer. This means that, while the signed OTP places ...

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Cash Strapped? Consider A Joint Bond!

Those who lack savings but want very much to buy a home for themselves (“as everyone should”) says Mike van Alphen, National Manager of the Rawson Property Group’s bond origination division, Rawson Finance, should seriously ...

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Banks “Not Unreasonable” To SME-owners

Most South African bond originators, says Mike van Alphen, National Manager of the Rawson Property Group’s bond origination division, Rawson Finance, have to regularly deal with complaints from self-employed people who have ...