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Beware the dodgy agent

A couple of years ago there was a damning documentary that aired on British television, highlighting criminality within the real estate sector in that country.

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DIY Landlords Beware

A number of recent incidents, says Bill Rawson, Chairman of the Rawson Property Group, have confirmed his view that the independent landlord determined to work all on his own can frequently lose out badly - for two main ...

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More Than A Walk In The Park

When last did you go to a park? Not an amusement park where you pay huge wads of cash to go on machines that defy gravity and cause nausea; or water parks where you get to swim in pools where kids urinate, fair-skinned people ...

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Property Market Recovering

The latest FNB Property Barometer, issued on 19 March, has encouraging news for residential property investors. Its findings tie in with those of the Rawson Property Group, which is now looking at a 36% year-on-year increase in ...

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Collateral Damage

Rawson Finance, the Rawson Property Group's bond origination division, is currently involved in a research exercise to establish what collaterals, if any, the South African banks might accept from mortgage bond applicants - and ...

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Tour de' Bupdapest

A slick Eurolines bus deposited me at Budapest’s Nepliget station from where I caught a connecting metro to Lehel tér station in town. The metro train rattled like an old tin can for the duration of my connection, which given ...

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What collateral's could banks find acceptable for bond applicants?

Rawson Finance, is currently involved in a research exercise to establish what collaterals, the South African banks might accept from mortgage bond applicants.

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Sellers cautioned not to self-sabotage

South Africa’s residential property market is showing signs of improvement.

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Price, proximity and design

While the key concerns for many first-time buyers entering the property market are affordability and how close the property is to their workplace.