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What has happened to the R500 000 house?
Gina Schoeman, an Economic Analyst at Standard Bank asks the question: "What has happened to the R500 000 house?" There was a time when locating a R500 000 mid-range house was not a difficult ...
Competition Breeds Innovation
Competition Breeds Innovation: Equity Release Mortgages If you're looking for a home loan with your name on it, a competitive home loan market is the place to explore. Competition, in its ...
Port Elizabeth Residential Property Market
Economic forces playing themselves out elsewhere in the country are supportive of Mandela Bay property in the long term. In a recent article for the Private Property magazine, I put my head on ...
Soweto - Burgeoning Market
Private Property recently launched its first franchise office in Soweto, headed by Tshepo Masitenyane.
Conventional Mortgage Rate vs. Jibar Rate
CONVENTIONAL MORTGAGE RATE VERSUS JIBAR RATE Historically, the majority of home loan finance in South Africa has been provided by the major 4 retail banks, but over the past few years new ...
Property Markets
Is KZN, long the poor cousin of the other 2 major provinces, on the verge of regaining the top residential property spot? I wonder how many people have noticed that in recent years ...
Changing Trends in Residential Living
Jacques du Toit, Senior Property Economist of the Absa Group looks at the factors influencing residential living trends and their impact in driving changes in the residential property market ...
Impact of Interest Rate Hike on Residential Property
The half-a-percentage point June 8 interest hike shouldn't break the bank for most people.
Affordability of Housing
A generally accepted method to determine how the affordability of housing has changed over time is to calculate the ratio of house prices to household income. During the past few years ...
Restricting foreigners’ ownership of residential property
President Mbeki announced in his State of the Nation address that restrictions will be introduced on foreigners' property ownership in 2006.