Property News - 16 July 2015 
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FROM THE EDITOR |
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According to John Loos, the household and property sector strategist at FNB, the possible bursting of a Chinese property bubble together with weakness in other areas of the Chinese economy had “significant potential implications” for South Africa’s residential property market. Read more in If China's property bubble pops, SA may feel it
Are you waiting for summer before you sell your home? Contrary to popular belief, winter can be an excellent time to sell a home says Tony Clarke, Managing Director of the Rawson Property Group. He goes on to say that while your home might not look as inviting as it does in the summer, it only needs to be more inviting than other properties in order to sell well. Read more in Why you should be selling your home in winter
In Affordability gap is widening in KZN South Coast rental market, we take a closer look at how the affordability and availability of rental stock in the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal have over the past year changed dramatically as the demand for properties and the cost of rates and taxes and levies have driven rental prices into a price bracket that is just out of reach for 90 percent of the enquiring tenants.
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