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Mines to Multi-Millions

If you call Joburg “home”, here is some rich property history that you probably didn’t know – and links to some current on-the-market properties that you’ll wish you didn’t know about … Unless, of course, you have a couple ...

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Why Your Bond is Your Best Investment

FinFive director, Van Zyl Botha explains why you needn't look further than your existing bond for a good investment opportunity. So you're comfortably making your bond payments at the end of every month and are looking for a ...

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Property Prices Relative to Income after 8 years

That’s according to Ewald Kellerman, property analyst at FNB Homeloans and guest speaker at Harcourts’ Power Rally series, which took place around the country recently.

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Suburb trend report - Umhlanga

An area and property guide to the beach town of Umhlanga.

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Avoid Bad Agents Like the Plague

From the responses to a recent article highlighting the importance of pricing property correctly in order to sell, two things became abundantly clear: 1) agents are frustrated with sellers who insist on attempting to sell a ...

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Property remains a sound investment

Written by Adrian Goslett, CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, re-published with the kind permission of Moneyweb Property remains a viable asset class in which to invest and still forms one of the most important investment ...

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Tax friendly property transfers

Time is running out to make use of the tax-friendly window period introduced by SARS in 2010. The relevant provisions allow taxpayers to transfer residential homes that they hold in companies, close corporations or trusts ...

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SARS Tightens up on Property Transfers

From this month (October 2012), a new system introduced by the SA Revenue Service (SARS).

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Suburb Trend Report – Ballito

The popular holiday town of Ballito is situated just 40 kilometres north of Durban along the KwaZulu-Natal shoreline.