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Pay off home loan sooner

MANY consumers aren't aware that even a small additional payment into their home loan account every month can make a…

Noteworthy tips for all 1st time buyers

ADVISING first-time buyers about home financing is a serious business and is taken seriously by the home loan consultants at…

The details of sales

FOR many homebuyers, the intricacies of making an Offer to Purchase remain a mystery. Adrian Goslett, the CEO of RE/MAX…

Occupational rent: make sure you are covered

READING the fine print and ensuring that every eventuality is covered in an agreement of sale is one of the…

‘Stage’ your house elegantly for sale

IT IS almost impossible to overemphasise the importance of "staging" a home attractively when it is up for sale and…

Banks are still cautious

ALTHOUGH it has levelled out recently, the affordability of housing is still very far ahead of where it was during…

Remember this when you buy

IN today's property market, buyers who are looking to purchase a home, whether to upgrade, downsize or simply enter the…

Key disruptions to the market

CHRIS Renecle, MD of Renprop, believes that politics and home loan lending by financial institutions will have the most impact…

Good tidings as the repo rate remains unchanged

THE recent decision by the Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5,75% (9,25% mortgage…

The responsibilities all landlords face

BEING a landlord entails far more than collecting rental. Adrian Goslett, CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa considers the numerous…

Upside to paying a deposit on a bond

OF course no-deposit or 100% home loans do make it easier for young buyers and first-timers to get a start…

In the name of love

EVEN though statistics reveal that more and more unmarried couples are buying property together, few of them are aware of…