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Growth Influencing Home Buying Trends

Johannesburg is growing - perhaps twice as fast as the national average. That, in itself, is no bad thing. Unless of course you have to sit in the city’s traffic everyday. The fact of the matter is commuters are spending ever ...

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Indoor Braai Rooms - Almost Essential

When Bill Rawson, Chairman of the Rawson Property Group, was asked recently what significant changes had taken place in the designs of upper middle and upper bracket South African houses, he replied: “Well covered by such ...

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The Challenges of First Time Home Ownership

A shocking report that appeared in the UK's Guardian newspaper last week revealed that most younger people in that country believe Britain will become a nation of renters within the next generation. The survey, conducted by a ...

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Transparent communication in Sectional Title Schemes

Communication is an important factor when living in a Sectional Title Scheme. As most of us live hectic lifestyles, it is sometimes impossible to keep up with the roles and responsibilities of being a trustee, let alone keep ...

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Is your asking price market related?

Very often when a homeowner has lived in a property for an extended period of time, it is exceptionally difficult for them to detach themselves emotionally when setting an asking price.

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Stopping The Rot

As fraud and corruption continue to hold many of this country’s government departments in a firm grip, the news that a massive housing scam has been uncovered in Durban makes for a refreshing change. What makes the news even ...

10 things you can do to make sell your home quickly
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10 things you can do to make sell your home quickly

Here are the 10 most important things you can do, to make sure your house gets sold quickly, without having to drop your price.

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How To Avoid Being Scammed

Free online advertising sites may well have proven to be a boon for honest people wanting to sell goods, but they also appeal to scammers who are out to con the unwary out of their hard-earned money. The Internet has changed ...

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Gearing can enable property investors to achieve spectacular returns on small outlays

The big advantage of buying property is that it can be geared by means of a mortgage bond, thereby greatly increasing the investor’s return on his capital outlay, which can be relatively small.