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FNB House Price Index - August 2009

Price deflation now steadily diminishing as market continues its moderate recovery FNB House Price Index Starting To Show Stronger Signs Of Market Improvement The FNB House Price Index’s year-on ...

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Mortgage Advances Growth Slows Down Further In July

Data released by the South African Reserve Bank indicates that the year-on-year (y/y) growth in the value of mortgage advances by monetary institutions (the net outstanding balance on mortgage ...

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Jozi’s Cultural Extravaganza

Mosey down to the Rosebank Rooftop Market on a Sunday arvie anytime between 9am and 5pm and indulge in the artistic explosion that sums up this suburb. This is the stuff that cosmopolitan ...

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Partnership Will Strengthen ‘Voice’ Of Real Estate Industry

A recently announced partnership will strengthen the real estate industry by giving it ‘one voice’, say representatives from SAPTG and IEASA. The most comprehensive source of property market data, the South African Property ...

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Affordable housing sector continues to bloom

Despite affordability being a key concern in the middle to upper echelons of the property market, with a definite decrease in sales activity, the same cannot be said of the affordable housing ...

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Past The Bottom - House Prices On the Rise

Although Lightstone’s National Repeat Sales house price inflation is still slightly negative year on year, it appears that the House Price Index bottomed out at the beginning of 2009 and that ...

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The recession is overrated

Amid continuing negative reports that claim more recession-related backlash is in store for South Africa, RE/MAX regional sales reports from across the country have indicated otherwise..

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Up, Up And Away Go House Prices!

You wish… but there’s lots of positive noise for those of us obsessed with property. If you are looking for a sign to buy property, see the billboards! Sure, there is conflicting opinion out ...

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Residential Building Activity Remains Depressed

Data released by Statistics South Africa on residential building activity up to June 2009 point to both the planning and construction phases remaining under severe pressure as a result of the ...