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Weekly Newsletter
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Monday, 13 August 2007
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HOME buyers will absorb higher interest rates and there will be little impact on Melbourne's strong residential property market, industry experts say. As the Reserve Bank yesterday announced a quarter-basis-point rise in interest rates — the fifth since 2004 — Real Estate Institute of Victoria chief executive Enzo Raimondo said the Melbourne market was largely immune...
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The winners and the losers in Global House Prices are revealed in a report by the Global Property Guide. The world’s house price boom continues in 2007, albeit at a much slower pace and with different set of countries. A dramatic slowdown has taken place in several countries in Europe. House prices in Estonia, 2005 and 2006’s star performer, rose only 5.68% y-o-y to Q1 2007, dramatically lower than the 77.52% y-o-y increase to Q1 2006...
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| >> Inland property prices soar |
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According to Tony Clarke, Rawson Properties MD, the Western Cape and Gauteng are now losing out, as provinces like Mpumalanga — which has seen a near 34 percent year-on-year rise in house prices — and Limpopo Province and the Free State — which have both seen a 30 percent increase — take off...
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| >> Division multiplies fortunes in pricey Sandhurst |
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Seven years ago, pensioner Josephine Meintjes visited Sandhurst, a high-security enclave in northern Johannesburg, and splashed out R7-million on an 11000m² estate. Within five years, she had subdivided the estate into four properties, built three ultra-modern mansions — and sold them for R15-million each.
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| >> Property Tip of the Day 69 – Disposable income |
Since the implementation of the National Credit Act in June, “disposable income” has become part of the latest industry jargon. However, if you’re not au fait with how this is determined, you probably won’t be able to position your bond application in such a way that you qualify for the bond you require. Property Finance Specialist, Tess Rodrigues of Property Factor, gives some insight into how your available disposable income is determined and what factors are taken into account...
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| >> Chas Everitt appoints national brand manager |
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This follows the creation of a national marketing committee made up of representatives from the group's various operating regions, which is intended to channel the considerable marketing knowledge and experience resident in the group...
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| >> Focus on Lichtenburg, North West, South Africa |
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The town was established on the farms Middelbosch and Doornfontein which were presented for this purpose to the Transvaal Republic by Commandant Hendrik Greeff in 1866. Greeff named he town Lichtenburg as he wanted it to be a town whose light would shine over the area, not just for its hospitality and prosperity, but also in respect of religion. >>
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| >> Hundreds left homeless in SA inferno |
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A total of 28 people died and hundreds of homes were destroyed by a series of forest fires which have swept through parts of South Africa and Swaziland since the end of July, officials said on Thursday. "26 deaths have been reported thus far," in South Africa alone, said a statement issued after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Two people were reported dead as a result of the fire in neighbouring Swaziland...
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| >> News from - Spire Property Management |
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SPIRE TAKING UP GREEN BUILDING CHALLENGE Growing public concern about global warming is putting pressure on property developers to go ‘green’. Bruce Kerswill, Managing Director of Spire Property Management says that with buildings consuming nearly 50% of the world’s energy, and with the ability of developers to reduce energy consumption in buildings by over 50% through ‘green building’ techniques, the property sector can have a major impact on reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions...
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