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Choose a home to suit your life stage

A homebuyer’s life stage will largely determine the type of property that will appeal to them and meet their requirements.

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Have room to breathe when buying

When considering purchasing a property, buyers should ideally have an idea of what they can comfortably afford as a bond repayment before they take their first steps towards ownership.

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Small body corporate challenges

Although it is always recommended that a body corporate utilises the services of a managing agent, there are schemes out there that may find it difficult to find an administrator that is willing to run their affairs. This is ...

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Oh its Not Haunted? In That Case I'll Take it...

There are agents out there who will seemingly go to any lengths to sell a property. A recent Facebook posting highlighted this when a photograph showing a secondary sign, tacked on to the bottom of a 'for sale' board, informed  ...

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Put your Money Where your Mouth Is

Statistics indicate that homebuyers across the board are now required to pay higher deposits than before and those who are considering purchasing property should think about doing so before the percentage required rises even ...

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Rental Markets are Looking Rosy

Although you could be forgiven for thinking that many South African tenants are rouges who go out of their way to avoid paying rent, a recent report released by Tenant Profile Network (TPN) indicates otherwise. The figures ...

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The Challenges of Running a Smaller Body Corporate

Although it is always recommended that a body corporate utilises the services of a managing agent, there are schemes out there that may find it difficult to find an administrator that is willing to run their affairs. This is ...

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Check Out Your Agent

The news that the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) has been placed under administration may well be the best news that property buyers and sellers have had in a long time. Apart from scrutinising the financial affairs of the ...

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5 Tricks to Reduce your Homeloan

Homeowners can reduce the term of their home loan and the total that they pay in with careful budgeting and clever tricks.