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Buy or Sell first - Which is better?

When it comes to time to sell, whether to upscale or downscale, there is always the dilemma of whether to buy another property first, subject to selling the current home or to sell the existing one first and then buy elsewhere, ...

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Factors that influence a property's value

It only takes a potential buyer a few minutes to make a decision when viewing property. Find out which factors influence a property’s value.

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The role of a trustee is not a full time job

There are many articles available regarding the roles of a trustee and almost all of them follow the same advice regarding management of levies, finances and the operations of the scheme ...

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What Are The Economic Realities of Buy to Let?

Last week’s group discussion lead by Ewald Kellerman, Head of First National Bank Home Loans around the buy to let market highlighted three major issues. It brought greater understanding of the financing behind private property ...

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Who Wants My Patronage?

I realised something this weekend. I’m a bit of an outsider. As a ginger you’d think this revelation wasn’t something new to me, but I found (another) reason why I’m often “mistakenly” left off invitations. You see, I enjoy ...

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Less Frogs, More Princes

While it is a fairly obvious statement, technology has radically changed the way we live. Think about it. In the last twenty years or so, we have gone from using a brick to make a cell phone call, to carrying around a mini ...

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Paddocks offers access to legal advice for property sellers, investors and landlords

Investing in property is not without its pitfalls. Any number of glitches can occur during the property transfer process and – as many buy-to-let investors know – tenants can be tricky things to manage. But help is at hand. ...

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Buying residential property in winter can be a great idea

“Cape Town home buyers have a tendency to hibernate whenever winter comes and the more it rains, the more reluctant they become to get out and look at homes for sale,”

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What Are The Economic Realities of Buy to Let?

Last week’s group discussion lead by Ewald Kellerman, Head of First National Bank Home Loans around the buy to let market highlighted three major issues. It brought greater understanding of the financing behind private ...