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Buying is wise compared to the short-term advantages of renting

The decision to buy or rent your home can generally be divided into two topics, financial and emotional. Each will influence the other in some way and it will be a different factor of influence for each and every property and ...

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E-toll or E-rip Off?

It has become abundantly clear that Gauteng residents are not just going to sit back and allow e-tolling to become a part of their daily lives. And who can blame them? Faced with increases in property rates, escalating ...

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Dowerglen - An Oasis a Stones Throw From the Highway

A stones throw away from the Linksfield offramp from the N3 and occupying what might be considered a sliver of land between Linksfield Road and the Glendower Golf Course, the suburb of Dowerglen offers a mix of sectional title ...

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Shared World, Shared Value

For businesses seeking to be competitive in today’s shared world, taking care of people and planet means more than merely having a good public relations advisor, or demonstrating good ethics and moral value to shareholders. ...

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Richards Bay - Zululand’s Industrial Metropolis

Although property sales in the centre of Richards Bay in Northern KwaZulu-Natal are nothing to write home about, the outlying suburbs have once again proved popular among buyers. While central Richards Bay only recorded 10 ...

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Greening the Home - An Informal Case Study

At about the same time I was asked to research and write green features for Private Property I decided to get on the property ladder and buy my first home. Scanning the site to view potential houses and spending Sunday ...

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Louis Trichardt - Home of the Baobab

Situated at the foot of the Soutpansberg Mountain range in the Limpopo province, Louis Trichardt has shouldered its fair share of ups and downs in the property market over the past few years. Statistics recently released by ...

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Antiques and Salvage Car Auctions - Good for the Environment

The global shift towards ‘green’ living is well underway. In line with this, myriad environmentally-friendly initiatives, programmes and products have come to the fore, all of which aim to reduce man’s impact on the ...

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Climate Change Leadership Awards Making an Impact

A far greater response to the threat of climate change created challenging judging conditions for this year’s judges of the Climate Change Leadership Awards (CCLA). The winners were recently announced at a carbon neutral ...