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.
The 2021 Budget and real estate
What is important for the real estate sector about the 2021 Budget is whether the…
25 February 2021
No repo rate cut disappoints
Another rate cut would have been better but at least the current low interest rate…
28 January 2021
Best home finance options for first-time buyers
More than half of the homes sold since lockdown restrictions were lifted have been to…
15 December 2020
The ‘reprieve’ that is no reprieve
The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) announced on the 14th of February that 87 agents…
20 August 2020
Supplementary Budget and real estate
South Africa is facing long and tough road to economic recovery. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s…
25 June 2020
Rate cut gives welcome relief but more is needed
The decision by the SA Reserve Bank to drop the repo rate by 1% is…
16 April 2020
Budget 2020 and the property market
Budget2020 is broadly welcomed by the real estate sector. Property experts weigh on what it…
27 February 2020
Self-employed bond applicants – how to sail through the extra hoops
The laborious bond application process is even more painstaking for the self-employed and it’s critical…
30 January 2020
What can agents expect after the 2020 rate cut
The lower interest rate has been welcomed by estate agencies, but more could be needed…
23 January 2020
Don’t worry too much about interest rate movements
Potential buyers should not spoil their own chances of becoming home-owners by worrying too much…
28 November 2019
