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Prime locations to suit short and long term

Ideally a relocation destination should fulfill short and long term selection criteria, to also include the knowledge of infrastructural and possibly commercial development in an area.

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International Investment Hotspots

Buying property is a huge step toward growth and financial security and is a great way to invest in your future.

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Are You A Bad Neighbour?

We’re rather fortunate that our new complex is fairly quiet. Occasionally you’ll hear our neighbour scream at a TV when his rugby is losing. Another neighbour likes to play the saxophone but she is actually very good, so we ...

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Paying the Price of a 100 percent Loan

Although everyone celebrates when a drop in the interest rate is announced, not everyone, it seems, is benefiting from the decrease. Find out why here!

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The Trouble with Polluted Seas

Because by its very nature ocean side property is limited, it has always been bought and sold at a premium. There is something about living or holidaying next to the sea that brings out the best in most of us and coastal ...

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Auction Shock

Although the legal procedures the National Consumer Commission followed during the Auction Alliance debacle have been found to be technically flawed and the rulings of the commission have been overturned, a report in the Weekend ...

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Southdowns Reaps the Rewards of Natural Gas Network

Southdowns Estate in Irene, Centurion is reaping the rewards of its one-of-a-kind internal gas network.  Implemented in 2006, Southdowns’ gas network has proved a real boon for the estate in recent years, especially in the wake ...

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Composting for Beginners

For those completely pale-fingered folk out there, compost is simply decomposed organic material. The material itself can be plant or animal matter. While we can engineer situations to make compost, it is something that actually ...

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Homes Near Good Schools Come With a Premium

Figures from the property analyst, Lightstone, have shown that suburbs in all the major cities in South Africa which have established good schools, producing satisfactory academic results, are rated very highly by potential ...