What is intriguing about Tahiti - the most expensive home sold in the country - is not its gun-barrel view down the harbour, nor its state of disrepair, but its South African buyer.

Sir Leslie Hooker believed his Sydney home had the finest view on earth. So smitten was the real estate tycoon with his vista across Middle Harbour that he requested the urn with his ashes rest on his property at Balmoral...

South African median home prices were flat for the second consecutive month in January after moderating to 6.5% year on year in November from 10.2% year on year in October, the Standard Bank’s property gauge showed.

In level terms, the median house price was recorded at 570,000 rand, bringing the five-month moving average growth rate to 4.4% - the lowest it has been since November 2000...

Property owners are gearing themselves for the lucrative renting market in 2010 but should be cautious as the football party tenants descend on mass.

The Soccer World Cup is less than three years away and South African property owners have spotted a potential gap in the market as a shortage of accommodation is likely with over a million tourists expected...

Stressed urbanites are increasingly succumbing to the allure of a country lifestyle, but it’s not so easy to find the right country property.

Of course not everyone is lucky enough to escape to the country permanently for the simple reason that their jobs keep them city-bound. Still, there are always weekends and holidays - and a simple country retreat may sound like a sanity saver, especially if you own it and don’t have to depend on its availability...

MONEYWEB: Dave, we've gone from a subject that everybody has one of - a cellphone. Unfortunately some of us are on contracts. I still think on contracts you get ripped off, hey? Do you ever use up your whole....

DAVID SHAPIRO: I don't know, I just get the bill and pay it, because I never understand the detailed billing. My wife does, she's a master at it, she's got a PhD in telecoms, she can tell you anything. You can call from anywhere in the world and she will tell you what the cost is. I haven't got the patience for that...

THE weakening rand could boost the luxury end of the residential property market as it makes it cheaper for foreigners, armed with a stronger currency, to buy property in SA.

But real estate commentators also say political uncertainty and SA’s power supply problems, which are making headlines around the world, could be a deterrent to foreign investment in property...

Rodney Hayter

SUN CITY (February 07) – Government has been called upon to unshackle the current property market slowdown by giving more meaningful support to home ownership by launching a “package” in the March 28 budget structured specifically around assisting first time homebuyers.

Ideally, first priority should be around tax relief on home loans for a specific period, based on the selling price of the home, and also extending the current transfer duty relaxation from R500 000 to R1m...

Founded in 1851 on the Oorlogskloof River and named after religious reformer John Calvin, Calvinia lies at the foot of the Hantam Mountains. Hantam being a Khoi word meaning "where the red bulbs grow". Calvinia is the region’s key growth point and one of the country’s largest wool-producing areas.

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“EDEN ON THE BAY” NOTCHING UP FAST SALES AND MAKING GOOD PROGRESS

Progress on the R500 million mixed use development “Eden on the Bay”, the jewel in the crown at Jonga Entabeni’s R3 billion Big Bay Beach Estate at Big Bay, on the Cape West Coast, has been impressive, says Richard Thomas, the new Divisional Director of Nedbank Corporate Property Finance (Cape), who visited the site for the first time recently.

Launch of Overseas Property Sales Company - A first in South Africa

Marketing South African real estate internationally remains a committed focus of Chas Everitt but now the leading property group is bringing the world of international property investment to South Africans.

The launch of this venture is well timed due to the convergence of a number of factors, chief amongst these being...

The South African Green Building Council (GBCSA), which was established in September of 2007, is moving ahead strongly with an influential Board in place, the establishment of technical sub-committees, employment of staff, and the establishment of a rating system for South Africa.

Bruce Kerswill, who has been facilitating the establishment of the Green Building Council, and who has been appointed as Executive Chairman, provides an update on the Council’s status...

Cell Phone enquiries from the public

Buyers driving past your advertising boards will be able to see an unique Internet Number allocated to the specific property. They will then SMS that number to 35476 and will receive an SMS back with all the details of the property. At the same time the agent / agency will also be informed of a potential buyer. How's that for technology working for you! The cost - mahala! Free to all CyberAgent subscribers.

Here's a diagram on the way this process will work...

1. Agent captures the details of the property and pictures into CyberAgent
   
2. Agent updates the property to the Internet
   
3. The Internet server sends back a unique number for that property
   
4. Agent puts up his "For Sale" board together with our SMS board
   
5. Potential buyer sees the "SMS" board and SMS's the unique number to the Internet server
   
6. The Internet server sends back an SMS with all the property details and a link to the website where he/she can view pictures on the property

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