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It’s not about the 2019 election, it’s about growth
26 Jul 2018
Sentiment has always been the key factor that drives the residential property market. But it swings like a pendulum.
Has technology truly diminished the value of estate agents?
12 Jul 2018
There is no question that unfolding new high-tech has helped both home buyers and estate agents. We have so much more information at our fingertips.
Once you feel the market has turned it did so 4 to 6 months earlier
05 Jul 2018
Once the effects of economic rehabilitation initiatives start to kick in, South Africa will begin to feel, and reflect, the inevitable improvement in sentiment.
Estate Agents earn less now than 15 years ago
28 Jun 2018
The impact of a slow real estate market on estate agents has been considerable. Estate agents have had no earnings increases in 10 years.
A dilemma for home sellers
14 Jun 2018
Talk about green shoots is now rife in the property market. This presents a timing dilemma to sellers who’ve been holding out for a recovery in home prices.
SA residential property’s big picture remains encouraging
07 Jun 2018
The whole narrative has changed in the post-Ramaphosa era – even at this early stage.
Is higher density in prime residential areas a good thing?
31 May 2018
For the past 15 years there has been a gradual, but consistent, increase in residential density in the central and fringe areas of Sandton and Rosebank.
10 years of no growth has damaged fundamental belief in property
24 May 2018
Traditionally, property has always been a cornerstone of anyone’s investment portfolio. But an investment demands a return.
Estate Agents deliver best sale outcomes
17 May 2018
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
10 May 2018
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