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 | Barrie Swart According to a recent survey by Gumtree.co.za, 57% of South Africans start their search for a new home online - while only 20% will go straight to an estate agent and 14% will wait for their weekly newspaper... read | |  | Grant Holton South Africa's private property market has maintained a precarious balancing act throughout 2016... read | |  | Karen Petersen There remains a huge interest and demand in affordable housing in South Africa... read | |
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 | Benson Rioba A modern version of the Maasai traditional dwelling, equipped with clean energy, is helping tribal women earn an income... read |
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 | Atterbury is developing The Club Advocates' Chambers in Pretoria, offering advocates the opportunity to own or rent offices in the new urban precinct... read |
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 | According to Stuart Chait, executive chairman of Land Equity Group, commercial real estate debt has been forecast to move away from major commercial banks, with 2017 expected to see a boom of new ‘alternative' senior debt, mezzanine and debt equity funds... read |
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) plans to spend R216m on renovations at five industrial parks in the country... read |
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 | Samuel Seeff The recent decision by the Monetary Policy Committee of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to keep the interest rate at the current level of 7% (home loan base rate of 10.5%) for the fifth successive meeting is most welcome news... read |
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 | Alistair Anderson The party may not be over for South African listed property, with prominent fund managers expecting the sector to remain resilient and even deliver double-digit total returns this year... read |
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 | In the past, there has always been an uptick in the real estate market in April - after prospective buyers and sellers have reviewed their finances and had a look at what is on offer... read |
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 | With about 7,500 Airbnb hosts in South Africa in June 2016, the fast growing industry has boosted short-term letting in the country... read |
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 | The average home loan instalment has gone up by almost R700 a month – despite the fact that buyers are currently also paying much bigger deposits than they did a year ago... read |
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 | Midrand is continuing to defy the economic slump as residential property growth in many areas of Gauteng has virtually flat-lined over the past year... read |
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 | The Cape Winelands is regarded by many affluent buyers as the ultimate place to own property, says Elmarie van Huyssteen, principal of Chas Everitt International in Stellenbosch... read |
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 | Adrian Goslett Considering purchasing a property? First-time homebuyers should have a clear idea of what they can comfortably afford on their home repayment each month, before taking the initial steps towards ownership... read |
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 | Adrian Goslett South African Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago announced recently at the first Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2017 that the repo rate will remain unchanged at 7% with the prime lending rate staying at its current figure of 10.5%... read |
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 | Property sellers should not rely on the “blind protection” of the voetstoets clause if they don't have approved building plans, warns Liesel Greyvenstein, one of the directors of Greyvensteins Attorneys... read |
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 | The latest revision of Cape Town's Municipal Planning By-law has as many permutations as a Rubik's Cube and signing an offer to purchase can be a very costly mistake if you haven't done your homework... read |
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 | The WHO executive board has decided not to make recommendations to member states to impose a soft drinks tax... read |
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