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.
Introducing the BetterBond Property Brief
BetterBond has launched the Property Brief, an incisive monthly overview of housing market trends and…
31 March 2023
The repo rate roundup
Here’s a quick roundup of comments from the industry in response to the third consecutive…
25 November 2022
Appetite for home loans remains robust
Statistics for the third quarter of 2022 (Q3 ’22) reveal that competition for home loans…
28 October 2022
Is the boom over as interest rate hikes again?
Homeowners and consumers are in for more belt-tightening as the interest rate rises for the…
23 September 2022
Practitioners can assist clients with advice to obtain home loan
Property practitioners do not only sell property, are also required to have a host of…
19 September 2022
Importance of financing: Borrow to build, renovate, extend, or buy off-plan
Property practitioners worth their salt will be knowledgeable about the several ways to finance a…
24 June 2022
Loan to price ratio at highest level in 14 years
Despite a slowing momentum, market volumes are still running above pre-pandemic levels.
17 June 2022
Increase in repo rate spells danger
There is a very real danger that the series of recent rates hikes, while coming…
26 May 2022
Rising interest rates impact housing market activity – RE/MAX report
Following a season of unprecedented sales volumes, activity within the South African housing market has…
22 April 2022
Housing market still stable despite hike in interest rates
Interest rates continue to climb following the latest announcement late last week by the Monetary…
31 March 2022
