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Area Review: Property in Meer en See, Richards Bay

Locals will tell you that Richards Bay is like Florida in the USA: Beautiful beaches, neighboring islands to enjoy, a steamy climate all-year round and cool hangouts to be seen at. City slickers ...

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January CPI and Eskom Tariff Hikes

Yesterday’s CPI numbers for January, along with a 24.8% hike in Eskom tariffs, confirm that home affordability issues aren’t what they used to be. The “new” affordability issue is less about the ...

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SARB Leading Indicator

Further rise in December Leading Indicator suggests further possible near term improvement for the residential mortgage market.The December South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Leading Business ...

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Offer to Purchase Explained

For many home buyers, the intricacies of making an Offer to Purchase remain a mystery. Adrian Goslett, CEO of RE/MAX Southern Africa, offers some enlightenment: “Essentially, it is an agreement ...

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Property for Sale? What the Market is Telling You

South Africa’s property market is slowly coming out of the doldrums as buyers start returning to the market in more significant numbers – good news for owners with property for sale. Following ...

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Market Heats Up for Owners With Houses For Sale

Property investors with houses for sale will wait about 13 weeks to offload their property in the current market, according to First National Bank’s latest Property Barometer. This is a ...

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Understanding Mortgage Origination

Banks have differing criteria and product ranges for specific market segments. Logically the first-time home buyer has a vastly-altered profile to the multi-millionaire private bank client ...

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A well-anchored economic policy

The budget speech laid out a thoughtful approach to the reality we find ourselves in following the global financial crisis of 2008 and the deep recession of 2009 which also left its mark on South Africa. Having maintained his ...

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Housing Review - Q1 2010

Here follows a summary of the Housing Review of the first Quarter of 2010, as compiled by ABSA: The South African economy emerged from recession in the second half of 2009, with real GDP rising ...