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How to handle a defaulting tenant
How to handle a defaulting tenant
[Adrian Goslett] The current challenging economic circumstances have not only had an effect on those wanting to own property... read


Standard mortgage strategy pays off
Standard mortgage strategy pays off

Moyagabo Maake

Although it saw a 16% rise in credit impairments for the six months to June, Standard Bank has not burnt its fingers on home loans, unlike rivals that reported results recently... Read

Retail property still being built at a brisk pace
Retail property still being built at a brisk pace

John Loos

June Retail Building Statistics complete the second quarter building picture, and pointed to a still-brisk pace of retail space building activity for the second quarter as a whole... Read

Crowdfunding your property - waiting on the law
Crowdfunding your property - waiting on the law

David de Waal

Crowdfunding is shaking up the financing industry in many places across the world, offering an intriguing and innovative option for prospective property investors... Read

Property
Menlyn Maine
Green Menlyn Maine to launch Central Square in September
Tshwane's R10bn green mini-city, the Menlyn Maine precinct, will come online with the launch of its Central Square next month... read
SA sub-cities to address traffic congestion
SA sub-cities to address traffic congestion
According to the 2016 TomTom Traffic Index Report, Cape Town has been ranked the 47th most congested city in the world and the most congested city in South Africa followed by Johannesburg. read
Why we need to unite to feed children while at school
Why we need to unite to feed children while at school

Issued by Peninsula School Feeding Association

In a call for Cape Town to unite against hunger at our schools, the Peninsula School Feeding Association's Charity Family Fun Walk Blisters for Bread will take place at the Green Point Cricket Club on Sunday, 28 August... read
Bridge city hospital under construction
Development of Bridge City moving apace
With bulk infrastructure - particularly transport nodes - already operational, the development of the Bridge City town centre north of Durban is moving apace... read
Commercial Property
- Sodwana Bay
Holiday home development on world heritage property thwarted
Recent judgment confirmed that World Heritage Site and National Park managers have authority and jurisdiction in buffer zones around parks, thwarting a 512-holiday home development... read
Rondebosch Village Shopping Centre
Rondebosch Village Shopping Centre acquired for R20.2m
The Ikon Property Group recently brokered a transaction for the sale of Rondebosch Village Shopping Centre, which was acquired by a private property fund for R20.2m... read
Market & Investments
Property boom in Garden Route offset by stock shortages
Property boom in Garden Route offset by stock shortages
The Garden Route property market has demonstrated a steady upsurge in demand over the past year... read
Innovative approach to sale, leasebacks can reap BEE rewards
Innovative approach to sale, leasebacks can reap BEE rewards
Focusing on the acquisition of assets that have large public-sector tenancies has been the traditional approach to BEE property investment... read
Cape Town a top performer in Q2 2016 - Knight Frank
Cape Town a top performer in Q2 2016 - Knight Frank
Property consultancy Knight Frank has published its 'The Prime Global Cities Index' report. read
Fewer foreigners buying in South Africa
Fewer foreigners buying in South Africa

Richard Gray

Fewer foreign buyers are investing in homes in South Africa. While this has little noticeable impact domestically, it underlines the tough conditions confronting the property market... read
Government portfolio spoke in Delta wheel
Government portfolio spoke in Delta wheel

Alistair Anderson

Delta Property Fund is coming under pressure as it struggles to impress investors given its mostly government-tenanted office portfolio... read
Rental
Tenants face tough economic conditions
Tenants face tough economic conditions
South Africans breathed a sigh of relief when the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced that the repo rate was going to stay at 7%... read
Residential
Human factor important in property transactions
Human factor important in property transactions
According to Tom Salomone, president of the National Association of Realtors in America (NAR), the sheer size of the millennial generation should mean a peak in home sales... read
Residential unit completions growth is weak
Residential unit completions growth is weak

John Loos

For the month of June, square metres' worth of residential buildings completed rose by 12.4% year-on-year. This represents a strengthening from the prior months' slower growth of +2.7%... read
Tech reveals what buyers look at during show houses
Tech reveals what buyers look at during show houses
New research using eye tracking technology has made progress in separating myth from reality when it comes to pinning down what buyers are really paying attention to when they're viewing a home... read
Freehold home in Waterkloof Ridge Surrounds
Will freehold properties become redundant?
Full title properties may, one of these days, become an impractical and outdated luxury for South Africans... read
Boris Dzhingarov
Is it time to replace your bay window?

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

While bay windows often enhance the exterior beauty of a home, chances are, at this point, those units are now reaching the end of their life cycle and would need to be changed out... read
Business
What small business can learn from Pokémon Go
What small business can learn from Pokémon Go

Scott Zambonini

Location-based mobile game Pokémon Go is perhaps the best commercial example of augmented reality (AR) gaming to date... read
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