Mr Anand Gupta

Any slowdown in housing will have a cascading effect on about 100 dependent industries. — Mr Anand Gupta, Chairman, Builders’ Association of India, Mumbai Centre.

Increasing demand for buildings and infrastructure may have resulted in a construction boom. But it has also created new challenges for the sector in terms of raw material and labour, says Mr Anand Gupta...

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Classic Business Day gets a US “realtor” on the line to find out what’s really happening in the US housing market and if it’s as bad as some are saying

LINDSAY WILLIAMS: The US housing market we are told is in decline. US mortgage lending giant Countrywide announced its results yesterday - they weren’t particularly good, and the share price closed over 11% lower yesterday. People are now speculating that the first of the world’s asset bubbles is about to burst...

The property market is currently teetering on a plateau... but it won’t fall off, an expert says.

Instead, expect the market to take up its surge again next year — making it key for you to get in on the act as soon as possible...

Guy de la Porte

During the last five years it has paid handsomely to be an optimist on both the JSE and the property market. Those that have had the utmost faith in the positive forces of our economy have gained tremendously.

However, according to Guy de la Porte of Bales Delaporte, Commercial Property Dealmakers, it may be time to become a little more conservative...

Higher interest rates have prompted many homeowners to think about switching their home loan to a different bank where they can perhaps get a better rate, but before you go this route you need to know exactly where you stand with your current lender.

So says Berry Everitt, MD of the Chas Everitt International property group, who notes: ”It may be a better option to see if you can’t negotiate a better rate without moving your loan – and especially so now that the National Credit Act has made it more difficult to get new loans...

Cradled in a crook of the Sundays River, to the approaching traveller, Graaff -Reinet seems like a verdant oasis in the stark surrounding landscape.

Graaff-Reinet is home to more National Monuments than any other town or city in South Africa. Round every corner a piece of our history is revealed to interested visitors...

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Residents of suburbs and towns along the coast north of Durban have made a last-minute plea to the government to put the King Shaka Airport plan on hold until there is a better understanding of how noisy jet aircraft will disrupt lifestyles and investment in the area.

However, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report has already been handed to the national department of environmental affairs and tourism, which is under mounting political and financial pressure to give the final okay to the R6,8-billion international airport and trade port...

Cape property market slowing fast – warning

Price decline gathering speed faster than expected in Cape, but Joburg, Tshwane cook.

Residential property owners in the Western Cape have been warned to brace themselves: the declining trend in price inflation is gathering speed in that province at a faster rate than earlier figures suggested...

Which Repairs Should You Make Before the Sale?

Make slight improvements but don't go too far.

If you're preparing to place your home on the market, it's inevitable that you'll need a couple of minor repairs and slight improvements before your broker can drive a "For Sale" sign into your front yard.

Practical and aesthetic projects like a fresh coat of paint drain neither time nor money and can make your home more attractive while perhaps speeding your sale...

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