Finance & Mortgages
These posts explain the numbers behind property. Learn about home loans, mortgage rates, and financing strategies so buyers, investors, and homeowners can make better financial decisions.
Dawn van Alphen brings BondMagic to the industry
Dawn van Alphen is a veteran bond originator with great advice to share for those…
14 August 2023
Home loan pioneer Liz de Mink celebrates 27 years of success
Mover & shaker Liz de Mink, founder of De Mink Property Finance, celebrates 27 years…
14 August 2023
A repo rate reprieve – what does it mean for property?
For the first time in eleven cycles the MPC opted to keep the repo rate…
24 July 2023
What’s happening with bond registrations across the country
The July BetterBond Property Brief is out and we share the highlights.
24 July 2023
Follow the money
Whenever one wants to untangle a seemingly complicated issue, the saying goes ‘follow the money’.…
10 July 2023
Are we looking at an eleventh consecutive repo rate increase?
The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee meets again at the end of July, with many…
10 July 2023
The rising repo effect on property
The Monetary Policy Committee of the SA Reserve Bank has elected to hike the repo…
26 May 2023
Instalment sales – a solution for those who can’t get a mortgage?
Buying a home is a big financial decision for anyone with most South Africans having…
21 April 2023
BetterBond Property Brief – the interest rate chickens are coming home to roost
The second monthly BetterBond Property Brief data shows that the number of applications for new…
21 April 2023
Rising repo rate battering affordable property sector
While the general consensus is that the rate hiking cycle will likely come to an…
31 March 2023
