Focusing on paying off debt with the highest interest rate is a very good financial strategy. For this reason, many choose to use the equity in their home loan to pay...
Adrian Goslett 3 Jun 2021
Stats SA's March building statistics completed the building picture for the first quarter of 2021. Perhaps some had expected a little more new activity...
John Loos 24 May 2021
The decision by the Reserve Bank to retain the repo rate at 3.5% (home loan base rate at 7%) is great news and underscores the best buyer's market in decades...
Samuel Seeff 21 May 2021
After announcing at their previous meeting that the interest rate may increase by 25 basis points in the second quarter, the MPC cut the country a break today...
Adrian Goslett 20 May 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has prompted many people to reassess their priorities and make changes and life choices that reflect a more balanced and...
Dr Andrew Golding 28 Apr 2021
It is now clear that many of the changes in working, commuting and learning patterns that have come about because of the Covid-19 pandemic will become permanent adjustments for a great number of families...
Berry Everitt 22 Apr 2021
There is little doubt that the risk of losing your home because you can no longer afford the monthly bond repayments is a terrible position to be in...
Bruce Swain 6 Apr 2021
The Reserve Bank has completely missed the mark with their decision to retain the repo rate at 3.5% (home loan base rate at 7%)...
Samuel Seeff 26 Mar 2021
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has again announced that interest rates will remain stable, keeping the repo rate at 3.5% and the prime lending rate at 7%...
Adrian Goslett 25 Mar 2021
Current real estate conditions pose an interesting dilemma for real estate investors. Purchasing an investment property now means that...
Adrian Goslett 10 Mar 2021
Finance minister Tito Mboweni presented a "positive budget" under challenging circumstances, perhaps the most challenging over the last 27 years...
Samuel Seeff 24 Feb 2021
Despite President Ramaphosa's optimistic analogies of fynbos re-emerging after fire, 2021's State of the Nation Address made it clear that South Africa...
Tony Clarke 16 Feb 2021
Minimalism - once a niche art movement - is now a mainstream lifestyle trend. We have Marie Kondo, the Japanese organising guru...
Jonathan Hurvitz 8 Feb 2021
As the fight against Covid-19 rages on, the property sector shows a bag of mixed results with some parts of the sector...
Herbert Seabelo Theledi 28 Jan 2021
The decision by the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) to retain the repo rate at 3.5% (home loan base rate at 7%) is disappointing for the economy and property market...
Samuel Seeff 22 Jan 2021
While a further reduction to the interest rate would have been a bonus for aspirant first-time home buyers and existing homeowners...
Dr Andrew Golding 21 Jan 2021
After the worst economic downturn in decades, economic growth is still widely expected to show some positive growth of around 3% this year...
Dr Andrew Golding 19 Jan 2021
You'll be forgiven for being hesitant to make resolutions for 2021, what with 2020 being the year of 'Plans turned upside down!'...
Bruce Swain 12 Jan 2021
Amplified by the pressures of a global pandemic, 2020 saw the continuation of a challenging economic climate for both consumers and rental agencies...
Johette Smuts 7 Jan 2021
Looking ahead, here is our forecast for South Africa's property landscape in the year to come...
Paul Stevens 6 Jan 2021
Residential real estate, while also being impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, has so far proven to be one of the more resilient sectors...
Dr Andrew Golding 15 Dec 2020
Fibre internet connectivity has joined sustainability in redefining the country's property market. New research reveals that it can add almost R80,000 to the price of the average home...
Shane Chorley 7 Dec 2020
The duties of directors of property development-related associations have at times been an uncertain area of law...
Francois Schoeman 7 Dec 2020
After last month's bleak Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement by finance minister Tito Mboweni, South Africans are settling in for a long and uncertain road to economic recovery...
Tony Clarke 24 Nov 2020
The decision by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to retain the repo rate at 3.5% (home loan base rate at 7%) is disappointing and out of step with the economy...
Samuel Seeff 20 Nov 2020
What we are experiencing at present is a continued strong uptake in demand for residential property acquisitions around the country - particularly in the price band up to R3m...
Dr Andrew Golding 20 Nov 2020
Earlier in the year, we discussed the three major provincial regions' (Gauteng, KZN and Western Cape) property markets' ability to handle the major economic shock emanating from the coronavirus-related lockdowns...
John Loos 16 Nov 2020
