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Homes market remains more resilient now to adversity than in previous market downturns
12 Oct 2017
It is astonishing just how resilient the South African residential property market can be – and has been – in the face of constant adversity.
How a lifted ban on “weed” can boost a city’s home values
05 Oct 2017
My imagination as a residential property marketer was captured last week by an interesting feature in the Mail & Guardian.
A look below the surface of home selling
28 Sep 2017
Getting to, and through, a seller’s front door to quote on the sale of a house is a major achievement for an estate agent.
Agent rate cuts don’t work
21 Sep 2017
There is no short route to achieving optimum value in a home sale – even at the best of times. And owner-selling is not the solution to the challenge.
Are low-cost home marketers delivering?
07 Sep 2017
It is simply naïve to think that compromising on a number of essential steps in a best-outcome marketing programme will still lead to optimum price or result.
The worst is over on the homes front
31 Aug 2017
The cloud of uncertainty that has been overhanging the residential property sector for way too long is at last showing small, but welcome, signs of lifting.
The ideal search process for home buyers
17 Aug 2017
In the past two weeks, there has been a noticeable increase both in buyer activity and commitment to making offers.
Homes market will shrug off Zuma confidence vote
10 Aug 2017
Jacob Zuma’s survival of the ninth consecutive parliamentary vote of no confidence should have little or no impact on South Africa’s flat-lining property market
Prime areas of Gauteng are now a dream market
03 Aug 2017
As a country, we are now climbing out of a dark hole and can see the light.
Home sellers should avoid the freeze clause route
27 Jul 2017
Estate agents who fail to sell a home within the sole mandate period should step aside and make way for another agent to do the job – with no strings attached.