Almost every property seller will at some stage hear from estate agents that the "first offer is always the best offer", but is this always the case?
Gerhard van der Linde 6 May 2021
Virtual house tours are being welcomed by buyers and sellers alike, for more than just health and safety reasons...
Covid-19 has had a huge effect on all aspects of South African lifestyles, not least of which is the effect it has had on our perception of our homes...
Tony Clarke 28 Oct 2020
Many people still think that a real estate career is all about earning easy money with loads of free time for leisure pursuits, and that the job involves little more than popping a sale board on the lawn and hosting a show house or two, but this could not be further from the truth...
Chris Cilliers 2 Sep 2020
Tony Clarke, MD of the Rawson Property Group, shares his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how his organisation is navigating these unusual times...
Sindy Peters 19 May 2020
Andrea Tucker, director at MortgageMe, shares her experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how her organisation is navigating these unusual times...
Sindy Peters 8 May 2020
The current lockdown period offers an excellent opportunity if you want to sell your home: at last you can get to all that DIY before it goes on show. But wait - are show-houses still a thing?
Paul Stevens 15 Apr 2020
Many first-time buyers will be considering homes in developments and they need to ask the developers some probing questions before making a commitment...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 19 Sep 2019
The digital era has seen computers and online tools replace the filing cabinet in the modern office...
Greg Brown 28 Aug 2019
Help your home's next owner fall in love. Here are top five tips for running a successful show day yourself...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 9 Jul 2019
In many ways show day is like your property's first date... it's the chance to make a good first impression and capture the attention of the right buyer so that things can be taken further!
Michelle Cohen 9 Jul 2019
With the emergence of sophisticated electronic technology, almost all estate agents are now using advanced marketing tools...
According to statistics from property market analyst Lightstone, South African millennials will experience increased difficulty in becoming home owners as they will probably have to pay 3.04 times more...
With over 80% of buyers now starting their property searches online, many sellers are questioning the effectiveness of the traditional 'For Sale' sign...
Selling a much-loved home can be an emotional prospect, but it's an important part of moving onwards and upwards to better things...
Tony Clarke 29 Oct 2018
With more buyers opting for new properties, developers are moving to fill the gaps in the market as evidenced by the huge number of development properties listed on our website...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 27 Jul 2018
Earlier this year, Johannesburg residents voiced their outrage over property valuation increases...
Here are a couple of pointers to help you decide if you are ready to step onto the first rung of the property ladder...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 30 Jan 2018
As at the time of the fourth quarter FNB Estate Agent Survey in November, agents had not yet perceived any strengthening in the housing market, according to all of the major survey questions...
John Loos 24 Jan 2018
With most consumers looking online for property, many real estate professionals have stopped using open show days as a marketing tool to sell a home...
Adrian Goslett 17 Jan 2018
We get a lot of enquiries, both internally and externally, about the validity of the for-sale sign...
Richard Gray 18 Aug 2017
Property is a great way to create wealth and those who want to secure their future should seriously consider tapping in to this market as soon as possible...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 27 Jun 2017
With a number of new property platforms employing models that 'cut out the middle-man', and in doing so asking for much lower commissions for connecting sellers with buyers, the question of why use an estate agent at all has been asked...
Once an offer to purchase has been signed by both the buyer and seller, it immediately becomes a legal and binding sale agreement...
Adrian Goslett 28 Mar 2017
Showday is a free mobile application that aims to make expensive show-day advertising a thing of the past. Home seekers can also download the app for free and browse based on various criteria...
Tenant rights and obligations are not automatically forfeited when a landlord puts their property up for sale...
According to Richard Smith, assistant manager of Pam Golding Properties' Hyde Park office, you really don't have to break the bank to make your home more marketable...
Nerves, excitement and anticipation were the order of the day as three anxious couples took to the road in the West Rand, Johannesburg to compete for a chance to win a dream house with Kaya FM and RBA...
Issued by KAYA 959 12 Dec 2016
According to Tony Clarke, MD of the Rawson Property Group, while the three main groups of homebuyers currently active in SA's housing market have many preferences in common, they also have definite differences when it comes to choosing a new home...
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...
Things are beginning to change in the property market and it could mean that sellers are in for a slightly bumpier ride...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 14 Jul 2016
The differences between open and sole mandates play an important role in the type of service sellers get before, during and after a sale...
The decision to hike the repo rate by 50 basis points, taking it to 6.75%, and the base home loan rate beyond the 10% barrier to 10.25%, comes as no surprise...
Samuel Seeff 29 Jan 2016
Buying a home has several advantages over renting, such as the sense of ownership and not needing to get permission from the landlord to do anything to the home...
Private Property, in partnership with Sunday Times Neighbourhood, has created a new On Show portal which will list on show property from both organisations...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 12 Nov 2015
Property sellers may start questioning whether the effort of a show house day is actually worth their while since prospective buyers are becoming increasingly active online...
On 28 September 2015, is International Right to Know Day and the Right2Know (R2K) Campaign will be hosting events in three major provinces to observe this important day...
The City of Cape Town recently met with heads of various stakeholders in the property industry regarding the use of advertising signboards...
It makes sense to give one agency the sole mandate to sell and market your property.
Stand 47 is a concept home, recently built at Monaghan Farm Gauteng, to demonstrate what one can do when using considered design and state-of-the-art building materials.
Not only is there a shortage of properties in primary residential areas, but some sellers are withdrawing their homes from the market with the thinking that if they wait, they'll get a better price.
It always comes as a surprise to him, said Bill Rawson, chairman of the Rawson Property Group, how casual homeowners can be when appointing an estate agent.
88mph, an early stage start-up fund and accelerator program that launched in South Africa in 2012, has announced the seven chosen start-ups to partake in the program for 2014.
Seeff chairman, Samuel Seeff looks at what's next for the housing market.
With the housing market in a much healthier position than what it has been for years, there is every reason to believe that it is poised for a rebound.