The Residential community of South Africa

PPS shows confidence levels rising

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:00 +0200

SA's graduate professionals felt more confident of the country's prospects in the first quarter of this year‚ according to the latest PPS Graduate Professionals Confidence Index released on Thursday (23 May).
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Unchanged repo rate offers little stimulus for economy

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:55:00 +0200

Commenting on the decision by the Monetary Policy Committee meeting to keep the repo rate steady, Dr Andrew Golding, CE of the Pam Golding Property Group points out that while this contains inflation, a rate cut would have been a welcome move.
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SA estate agents could become complacent - Rawson

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:00 +0200

Bill Rawson, chairman of the Rawson Property Group, says the decline in numbers of estate agents in South Africa could have problematic consequences for the industry. In three years, the numbers have dropped from over 90,000 to leave a relatively small and exclusive group of about 30,000 highly qualified individuals who could in effect corner the market and subsequently become complacent, resulting in poorer service delivery, says Rawson.
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Bond originators can help borrowers - Rawson Finance

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:20:00 +0200

Many people applying for bonds overlook two fundamental facts about the process and banks' credit criteria. This is according to Mike van Alphen, national manager for Rawson Finance, the Rawson Property Group's bond origination division.
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More than 9 000 insurance claims disputed

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:14:00 +0200

The Office of the Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance received 9‚123 complaints against insurers in 2012‚ an increase of 1.7% over 2011‚ according to the watchdog's latest annual report.
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Inaugural gated estate sector conference to be held in Joburg

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:21:00 +0200

The best practice management of South Africa's R800-billion secure gated residential sector will be the focus of estate managers from all over the country when they converge on Joburg for the first national management conference, from 29 to 31 May 2013, at the Eagle Canyon Golf Estate in the north-west of the greater Johannesburg area.
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Omwieco to redevelop Onverwacht Estate as secure environment

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:00 +0200

Omwieco has been approached by Investec Private Bank to take over the development of a liquidated estate and has agreed to embark on this venture as the project developer for the Onverwacht Estate. Its vision for the estate is for it to become the catalyst in integrating the Eastern Growth Region of the Helderberg Basin.
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Rats, rats as big as bloomin' cats

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:00 +0200

City of Johannesburg spokesman Nthatisi Modingoane said the environmental directorate conducts rodent control blitzes regularly.
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South African house price growth gives reason for optimism

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:23:00 +0200

Although there is as yet 'nothing to write home about' when looking at house price trends in South Africa, there are now clear indications that residential property has regained some of its traditional appeal for investors, said Mike van Alphen, national manager of the Rawson Property Group's bond origination division, Rawson Finance.
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Lower crime rates make southern peninsula homes popular

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:46:00 +0200

In recent years, Cape Town estate agents have repeatedly advised potential home buyers to consider the security situation in the areas in which they wish to live - but have often been unable to identify exactly which these are.
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