Local properties costing more than R100m feature on Forbes’s list of most expensive homes in the world.

The search for the super- wealthy client, with assets totalling at least 30-million, has hit the SA property market...

Debt is a very serious issue in South Africa at the moment and many people feel trapped in a situation where they have very few choices, such as sequestrating themselves or using all the additional equity in their home to "consolidate" their debt...

Don't underestimate the speed at which property investment is globalising - or the range of opportunities emerging for SA investors.

Real estate investment trusts (Reits), the international form of listed property funds, are now found in 29 countries. They have firm growth ahead of them, despite nervous financial markets. The shopping centres, offices and factories they own are fundamentally sound, with growing demand for space and rising rents as the world economy forges ahead...

Insurance companies have been inundated with damage claims from the greater Durban area after the freak waves and violent weather of the past few days.

The eThekwini Municipality has not released any preliminary estimates on the extent of storm damage to municipal property yet, but the KwaZulu-Natal government said damage to roads, beaches and other government infrastructure on the South Coast alone was expected to cost at least R500-million to repair...

Rustenburg being one of the oldest towns in the province is well established with many fine holiday resorts. The temperature is a good four or five degrees warmer than Gauteng...

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Companies wanting to lease the 16th storey penthouse suite of Cape Town's Convention Tower will have to fork out R200 per m2 for 1 200m2 of office space.

Located next to the Cape Town International Convention Centre, it will soon be the most expensive office space in the country.

"We expect a multinational conglomerate will take this space and have already had various enquiries, including several from the UK," said Darren Wilder, leasing director of Madison Property Fund Managers...

Marinating quickly tenderises meat and also adds additional flavour. Use roughly 1 to 2 cups of marinade for every 1 1/2 to 2 pounds of food. The marinade should completely surround the food. Cooked meat should never be returned to a cold marinade.

A secret to tender, moist,tasty meat and fish is the cut you choose. The best cut for grilling steaks is a full one inch thick...

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A schlep, but showhouses do work, say agents

Cleaning up, corralling the kids and pets, and moving out for the day may be a huge schlep, but if sellers are serious about selling then the Sunday showhouse route is the way to go, according to estate agents.

Not that it’s likely to sell the first showday - very few do on market debut – but the chances of offers to purchase filtering through by midweek are usually pretty good, if the price is right and the property is in a marketable condition...

Buy-to-let property investors are setting their sights on the lower end of the market, driving up demand in residential suburbs that are ripe for refurbishment and new developments.

Gerhard Kotzé, CEO of the ERA South Africa property group, explains:
"Conventional investment ideas with regards to buy-to-let real estate are being turned upside down. The old adage that if you buy expensively, you can sell expensively, no longer applies...

The ninth edition of the Madrid Real Estate Exhibition, taking place from 29 May to 2 June, will cover a total of 100 000 square meters. SIMA’s International content will be distributed in two areas: SIMA’s Hall I (International Institutional and Investment Pavilion, and SIMA’s Inmotur (International Holiday Homes Pavilion), an area devoted to second homes in foreign countries where hundreds of property and property related exhibitors from more than 20 markets will participate...

CyberAgent - New Development Module

The New Development Module module has been developed to assist estate agencies to market and sell New Development properties. Up until now agencies had to contact us whereby we had to develop web pages to accommodate these new developments at a cost. These developments were also only available on the agencies website only and not on all linked websites (www.cyberprop.com, www.ananziproperty.co.za, www.real-estate-south-africa.com, www.cellproperty.com and www.sundaytimesproperty.com).

This module will enable agencies to add the following information about each and every development:

• Location information (Province, City and Suburb)


• Main note / write-up on the development


• Status of the development


• Meta keywords for search engine optimization


• Main picture


• A picture of the site plan


• Building specifications


• Progress reports including pictures


• Units
  
  • Unit Description
  
  
  • Selling price
  
  
  • Square meter
  
  
  • Bedrooms
  
  
  • Bathrooms
  
  
  • Garages
  
  
  • Private Garden
  
  
  • Other 1 and 2
  
  
  • Estimate Levi
  
  
  • Panoramic field to insert third party reference
  
  
  • Unit status (e.g. Now selling)
  
  
  • Unit notes
  
  
  • Notes on extras
  
  
  • Picture of the unit
  
  
  • Floor plan of the unit
  
  
  • Linked properties to this unit
  
  
  • Unit number
  
  
  • Status of unit (e.g. Sold)
  
  
  • Link reference to the property in the Property Manager
  
  

It is not necessary to complete all the fields/sections. If the information is not supplied it will not be displayed. All note fields may contain HTML tags like for instance a bold heading.

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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