10 years of no growth has damaged fundamental belief in property
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Traditionally, property has always been a cornerstone of anyone’s investment portfolio. But an investment demands a return.
Estate Agents deliver best sale outcomes
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Earlier this month, Goldman Sachs, the New-York-based global investment bank, referred to South Africa as “the big emerging market story of 2018”.
A show day is essential to achieve best price
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A structured marketing campaign – with show days, through sole mandate, as its centrepiece – is, and always will be, the best formula for securing maximum price
The time has come to start believing in residential property once again
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Until now, many younger South Africans who qualify as home buyers have simply not regarded property as an investment opportunity.
Bad karma can sink a home sale
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On one memorable occasion, a Johannesburg agent unwittingly told the seller (who was proud and passionate about his self-designed-and-built bathrooms)
A new cycle of growth in SA homes market
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Historically, the residential property market in South Africa has moved in three-year cycles for roughly 60 years.
“Price discomfort” the norm in current market
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Top-end home sales are almost invariably being settled at a price level of slight discomfort for both seller and buyer.
It’s turnaround time for the Jozi homes market
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“In the business world, the rear-view mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” – US business mogul Warren Buffet.
Jo’burg property rate increases set to bite hard
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Home ownership in the City of Johannesburg seems set to become less affordable.
Kickbacks on estate homes marketing compromises optimum price
Category Blog
Just how free is a so-called free market environment when it comes to buying or selling a property in a gated residential estate?