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Weekly Newsletter
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Friday, 07 September 2007
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Real estate stocks led Egyptian indexes higher on Thursday with Heliopolis Housing witnessing extensive buying from Arab investors following a month-long slump in the sector, brokers said. "Arab investors were buying in real estate today especially Heliopolis," said Mohamed Omar of el-Shorouk Brokerage...
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>> Finance
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| >> Commuting woes |
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"There is a global trend of people buying near their workplaces, and South Africa is no exception," says Saul Geffen, chief executive of MortgageSA. That's not too surprising: some 715 000 new cars were sold last year, with that expected to increase to more than 770 000 in 2007, according to Road Traffic Management Corporation statistics...
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| >> August house price growth slows |
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July’s middle-segment house price growth was at a revised 15.1% (14.5%). This brings the average price of a house in the survey to 942,800 rand...
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| >> Credit Act, rate hikes cut growth in house prices |
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Standard Bank senior economist Johan Botha said yesterday the act, implemented on June 1, was affecting growth in house prices by slowing down bond applications...
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| >> My First House - Boy from Benoni - Andre Watson |
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He bought the house in 1981, paying R68 000 for the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home. He had just finished his civil engineering degree and was working to repay his Murray & Roberts bursary.
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| >> JHI expands in Nigeria |
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Set to develop local skills while handling major property management projects Property services company JHI, with operations throughout South Africa, Africa and the Middle East, is establishing a firm base in Nigeria, having completed Memoranda of Understandings with three major Nigerian property partners, SVDC, Profund and Alpha Consortium, as well as opening an office in Lagos...
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| >> How to make sure of a sale |
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Doubts arise about the asking price, whether the property for sale is gaining enough exposure and if potential buyers will appreciate how well maintained the property is...
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| >> Focus on, Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa |
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It is now the Gauteng property of choice, a sophisticated, upmarket suburb featuring expensive shops, world-class hotels and Johannesburg's most illustrious corporate addresses. >>
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| >> Property of the week |
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| >> News from - Nationlink Plattekloof |
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Picture the perfect investment: a holiday residence in the heart of Plettenberg Bay, one of the most idylic settings in South Africa; luxuriously furnished with every amenity required to make your holiday as pleasant as possible; fully serviced, so you don't have to waste any of your precious holiday time cleaning up. Named Bahia Formosa ('beautiful bay') by early Portuguese explorers,
today Plettenberg Bay is the playground of all who deserve the best that
life has to offer - in an environment surrounded by the natural beauty
of some of South Africa's best beaches offset by the great indigenous
forests of the surrounding mountains. Situated in a prime location with
glorious views across the bay, Hotel Bahia offers the unique opportunity
to own real estate in Plett, without any of the hassles and complicated
realities of owning a holiday home, Critical to the success of your investment - and the development - is experienced and professional hotel management, offered at Hotel Bahia by the Relais Hotel Group. The luxurious hotel will offer only 44 sectional units, ranging from Bachelors to a 2-bedroom Penthouse Suite, all professionaly equiped and stylishly furnished to meet the discerning buyer of this 5 star establishment, in what is to become the best address in Plettenberg Bay. For more detailed information, visit www.hotelbahia.co.za
or contact Nationlink Plattekloof on Tel (+27) 021 911 1043 |
| >> From the Cyberprop Blog |
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Renovators put a new face on Cambridge The East London neighbourhood of Cambridge is getting a facelift as an increasing number of homebuyers acquire properties to renovate and resell at a profit. Liza Wright, area specialist for Homenet Mercantile, says about 3% of all property sold in East London is in the Cambridge and Cambridge West areas, according to deeds office figures, and adds that there is steady demand because the areas offer a wide range of properties and are centrally located close to good schools, shopping centres,and other amenities...
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| >> Software at its best! |
If you would like to know more about the above features and benefits that CyberAgent offer, visit: www.cyberagent.co.za or email: sales@cyberprop.com |
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"I
placed every brick in that wall myself, I welded the gate and I
planted that weeping willow" says Andrè Watson, one
of South Africa's top rugby referees about his first home. Take
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