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Paying the Price of a 100 percent Loan

Although everyone celebrates when a drop in the interest rate is announced, not everyone, it seems, is benefiting from the decrease. Find out why here!

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Buying a residential property in the leisure sector remains a risky business

In July, SA’s top property industry players described the residential sector as either slow, quiet, nowhere near recovery.

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Don’t Sink Your Financial Ship

Rising utility costs, wage increases and the cost of maintaining a sectional title development have undoubtedly impacted on bodies corporate around the country. It can be said with a fair amount of certainty that bodies ...

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Where are we going economically, trends, what is changing and where do we invest now?

Long Term Trends – where are we going, what is changing and what do we do? Dr Dolf De Roos, author of Real Estate Riches and the first truly international property investor, says that the easiest ...

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Shared Ownership Woes

In recent years when home loans have been so difficult to come by, potential buyers have often been urged to pool their resources with friends or family members.

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Investing in student homes

Student housing is as important as what and where your child will study one day.

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Beware of Buying too Much Home

Given the strict provisions of the National Credit Act, it is virtually impossible these days for prospective homeowners to buy at the outside margin of their affordability. 

Bonds: Is a 30-year loan better than 20 years?
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Bonds: Is a 30-year loan better than 20 years?

Given the tight economic conditions and post-recession hangover, creative thinking is required to get ahead in the game. Some interesting alternatives to the standard home loan are being offered ...

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Buy a home and start getting rich

If you want to start getting wealthy, do whatever it takes now to get a bond and buy a home. If you want to stay poor, get a personal loan and spend it on all the things that make you feel rich now. That’s the real – and simple - ...

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