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Tenant rights and obligations

What are your rights and obligations as a tenant? Learn about the lease, deposit, deposit refund and more in this article.

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The art of the offer

Many home buyers believe they should start with a low offer and then bargain up towards the sellers’ asking price. Is the right way?

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Standard Bank Helps Fund South Africa’s First Mass Greening Project

Following in the footsteps of the enablement through carbon credits of South Africa's first mass greening project which entailed equipping 70 000 low income houses in Nelson Mandela Bay with solar water heating systems, Standard ...

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Granny Flats - The Ideal Situation or the Ultimate Nightmare?

Whether we like it or not, our parents get older and at some stage or another are going to have to move into accommodation which suits their changing needs. It is widely recognised that South Africa has a major shortage of ...

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Staying Green on the Sports Field

When it comes to leisure or recreation activities we often forget to consider the impact our favourite sports may have. While an active, outdoor lifestyle is healthy for you we have to ask, “Is it healthy for the planet?” One of ...

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Demand for Property in Lydenberg is Increasing

Although many regard the small Mpumalanga town of Lydenburg as merely a place to stop over when visiting the province’s more famous sites, property sales in the area indicate that the demand for homes is on the increase and this ...

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Retire in Style in Howick

Although there may well be areas in the country where homeowners are struggling to offload their properties, this is certainly not the case for those lucky enough to own property in the small town of Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. What ...

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Benefits of buying a new rather than an existing home

The fact that there is no transfer duty payable on newly-built homes bought directly from a developer or a builder is no longer the “big plus” that it used to be for buyers who are short of cash.

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Exclusive use areas in sectional title schemes

Exclusive use areas (EUAs) in sectional title (ST) schemes are, quite simply, parts of the common property that have been granted to certain owners for their exclusive use. And yet these are often misunderstood and the cause of ...