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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 ...

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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 ...