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THE QUESTION TO FOUR RECENT RESIDENTIAL BUYERS What do you wish agents knew about show houses and viewings?   THEIR ANSWERS Helen Hinkley | Hout Bay, Cape Town We recently bought a house and [...]

The Bank of England recently released a warning regarding the buy-to-let sector in the UK, saying it was posing an increasing threat to financial stability. At this stage, one out of every five [...]

First-time buyers are finding increasing investment opportunities in the affordable housing arena, if they know where to look. The rising cost of living, as well as the current strict qualifying [...]

A new company called Vumatel is bringing fibre-optic infrastructure to Johannesburg homes, one suburb at a time. Fibre to the Home (FTTH) delivers practically unlimited speed, capacity and [...]

Major public infrastructure stimulates sectors of the property market, both directly and indirectly. Can knowledge of proposed projects give real estate agents the inside track on market [...]

It’s where everyone seems to want to live! Melbourne has done it again. It was named the world’s most-liveable city for the fifth year running in The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global [...]

Property is the only investment where even stupid people can make money. That’s the view of South African-born billionaire Nathan (“Natie”) Kirsh, who has amassed a real-estate empire worth [...]

Tourism minister Derek Hanekom announced positive changes to the controversial visa regulations in late October. The minister said to limit the impact current regulations have had on South [...]

The R700 million first phase of a new district at the V&A Waterfront is underway with a corporate head office for British American Tobacco South Africa (BAT South Africa) as the first project [...]

In 1972, when Chinese premier Zhou Enlai was asked about the impact of the French Revolution during Richard Nixon’s visit to China, he was famously quoted as saying: “It’s too early to say”. [...]