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Training for Success in the Real Estate Industry

SAPTG’s efforts to align their popular seminars with an accredited training academy reflects their ongoing commitment to contribute to SA’s Real Estate.

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Interest Rates Cut By 50 Basis Points to 2006 Levels

The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee cut the key monetary policy interest rate – the repo rate – further, by 50 basis points to 7,0%. In reaction to this, Absa announced ...

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Tentative signs of recovery?

The end may still be a year away, but positive signs in the past quarter indicate the property market is making a tentative shift towards recovery, Bond Choice MD sales Kevin Mountjoy says ...

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Ready, Steady, Plumstead!

Every so often, you’ll spot in the property advertisements Plumstead apparently misspelt as “Plumbstead”. Of course, it’s no mistake. It’s an estate agent playing on words, suggesting that you’d ...

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Transfer Your Property out of a Company and save 22% on Tax

South African Revenue Service (Sars) has opened a tax-free window period for individuals who own their primary residence to transfer it into their own name

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Tax implications of buying / selling property as a non-resident of South Africa

It is important that a buyer establishes whether the seller of the property he intends buying is a South African resident. Here's why.

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Recovery or Reduced Rate of Decline?

The residential property market in South Africa has bottomed out and is said to be on the path to recovery. That’s going to be a hotly contested statement, no matter who makes it. The fact of ...

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Want to have a look into the life of a local celebrity?

If you get a mandate to sell any celebrity’s home and they don’t mind the publicity, tell us about it.

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How effective is Online Advertising - The Private Property Story?

“I decided to list properties on privateproperty.co.za and the response is phenomenal. Within the first month I received 3 offers on properties! Compared to publishing and taking in consideration the cost, it is a must to ...