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Attracting tourist and tourist related capital
03 Sep 2018
Attracting tourist and tourist related capital must be done within certain clearly understood parameters.
Meet your bond repayment obligations: how to avoid getting into difficulties
03 Sep 2018
Meet your bond repayment obligations: how to avoid getting into difficulties and what to do if that happens
In selling a home the sale registration and the occupation dates are crucial to the deal.
28 Aug 2018
When a home is sold, the ideal, preferable arrangement is for the new owner to move in on the transfer/registration date....
SA property law: the 72 hour clause is primarily there to help the seller not the buyer
23 Aug 2018
The clause, of which property sellers are sometimes not aware, entitles the seller to insist that all the conditions in a buyer’s offer be met within 72 hours..
Never underestimate the advice that an estate agency can give a property developer
31 Jul 2018
An estate agent can advise a developer on how the market is moving and what today’s (or, more often, tomorrow’s) buyer will be looking for.
In difficult economic times the 72 hour clause is more and more frequently used
26 Jul 2018
The use of the 72 hour clause has recently become more common in South Africa....
Cape Town's traditional 30 to 40 year property cycles can make the purchase of older homes pofitable
26 Jul 2018
Certain suburbs right now offer particularly good buy opportunities because they are in that stage of the traditional 30 to 40 year property cycle...........
Very fast sales at Fountain Views show the importance of meeting today's market needs.
25 Jul 2018
By the end of the third week following the launch of Brick n Board’s Brackenfell development, Fountain Views, 55 of the 61 apartments will have been sold
In today's more difficult rental market don't succumb to the temptation to forgo a deposit
24 Jul 2018
In today’s more difficult rental market don’t succumb to the the temptation to forgo a deposit in order to find a tenant, says Alexander Swart property director
Land reform and expropriation fears are largely unjustified
23 Jul 2018
The heated debate about the proposed amendment of the South African constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation has dented ...............