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/ 30 September 2010
What exactly is transfer duty, who gets the money and when do you have to pay it?
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/ 28 September 2010
Should I buy a home with my inheritance or take out a mortgage and invest the inheritance in equities?
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/ 23 September 2010
Working abroad? Use the opportunity to build up offshore assets.
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/ 20 September 2010
How do you get a previous owner out of a repossessed house?
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/ 9 September 2010
The latest rate cut makes property more affordable and goes some way to offsetting the carbon emissions tax on new cars.
How to handle a tenant that is always paying the rent late.
Are houses becoming more affordable? Well, yes and no, according to Absa’s House Review 2010.
"Semigration" is the new buzz word as South Africans move around the country rather than across the sea.
House buyers, savers and pensioners are feeling the pinch of fiscal measures.
Questions to ask when evaluating the estate agencies on your shortlist.
Banks keep lowering their lending criteria and house prices keep going up.
If you had to live with the disruptions of the Gautrain on your doorstep, you may well be rewarded by higher property prices.
If you are looking to buy a home, start saving now because the banks will want a 15% deposit for the foreseeable future.
Many property investors have become unwilling landlords over the last few years as the local property market stagnated.
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/ 16 February 2009
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has bought a -million home in Hong Kong, Britain’s Sunday Times reported.
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/ 4 February 2009
The housing market will start recovering gradually in the second half of this year, Absa’s latest House Price Index released on Wednesday showed.
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/ 20 January 2009
South African residential property put in its worst performance in 12 years, the Standard Bank said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 September 2008
Despite the economy slowing down and high interest rates, SA’s first-time home buyers stand a good chance of having their home loans approved.
Failed property sales are growing as many buyers are unable to secure enough financing, bond originator ooba said on Monday.
Overpowering doggy smells are the biggest turn-off for prospective buyers viewing a home, according to an online poll.
The South African Property Owners’ Association sees risks for the commercial and industrial property industry contained in the draft Companies Bill.
Nearly 90% of home sellers are unable to sell their properties at the asking price, reflecting declining prices in a high interest-rate environment.
South Africa’s residential rents are continuing their rapid rise, with the Trafalgar national rent index rising by an annualised 12,5% to 153.
Headlines showing a 13,2% fall in house prices combined with 400% increases in the number of house repossessions are enough to send panic through the market. But these numbers are misleading, creating an uglier picture than is necessarily the case.