UFS getting more student housing
The property developer Stockbell will start to build a student development at the end of the year to the value of R250m on the doorstep of the University of the Free State.
6 September 2010Read More .....
Under-R800k range moving in Phalaborwa
The biggest movement in the Phalaborwa property market is properties in the R480k to R800k price range, while some sell for around R1,2m.
23 June 2010Read More .....
Under-R2,5m in demand in City Bowl
Young buyers seem to be falling over each other to purchase property below R2,5m in Cape Town’s City Bowl.
26 May 2010Read More .....
Useful tips for selling your property
Martin Schultheiss reckons you should prepare a property dossier before putting your house on the market.
20 April 2010Read More .....
US on the way up and SA looking good
The US property market is on the mend and SA's prospects are also looking very rosy.
11 November 2009Read More .....
Upswing in residential property sales no myth
Buoyed by the bank's willingness to give 100% loans.
20 October 2009Read More .....
Upswing a reality, but . . .
For some two months now sales of residential properties in the Cape Peninsula – and, indeed, the whole Greater Cape Town area – have shown an unmistakable upward trend.
16 October 2009Read More .....
Universiteit bou groen in Oos-Londen
Die Universiteit van Fort Hare gaan sy Oos-Londen-kampus uitbrei met die oprigting van ’n nuwe groen-gebou.
6 October 2009Read More .....
Understanding your credit score
A credit score is a summary of a number of positive and negative factors on your credit report that aims to predict how likely you are to honour your credit commitments in future. This rating is often used by lenders to identify the risk in offering you
22 June 2009Read More .....
Use pension to obtain home loan
Recently we've seen, to the detriment of many new entrants into the property market, how the banks have gone from offering 108% bonds, to requiring that you have anything from a 10% to a 30% deposit.
8 June 2009Read More .....
UK house prices up before end-2009
The UK's mass-circulation Sunday Times Money supplement has run a report in which they quote three of the country's biggest lending institutions as saying that further price falls will not be above 7% and that prices will be rising again before the end o
20 May 2009Read More .....
Upington soon flying high
Upington, commercial and agricultural hub for the Northern Cape Province, is on track to become home to hundreds of mothballed aircraft from around the world.
18 May 2009Read More .....
Upgrades for leisure project
A finance group has bought West Coast developer Gert Joubert's new hotel, spa and country club at Shelley Point and is immediately going ahead with extensions and new facilities.
17 April 2009Read More .....
UK market starting to recover
Bank of England figures reveal that February's approvals for house purchases – 37,937, up from 31,791 in January – is well above the six-month average of 31,500 and the highest level since May last year.
15 April 2009Read More .....
Upgrade planning before upswing
Local authorities should make use of the lull in the property market to revamp and upgrade their planning departments.
13 March 2009Read More .....
