The Minister of State in charge of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has blamed real estate developers for the current high housing deficit in the country.

Mrs. Dapaah says the concentration on the middle and upper ends of the housing market with little concentration on affordable and economic housing for the average Ghanaian worker is the major cause of housing shortages in the country...

Describing the response as ‘phenomenal,’ Aengus Property Management’s marketing director Simon Rubin said they had over 1 100 potential tenants apply for tenancy, well before the conversion of the 223 apartments in the block had been completed. “I’ve never seen anything like it. All our previous residential conversions have been fully let or sold shortly after release, but this demonstrated a new level of demand...

Changing lifestyles that make it necessary for more families to have two cars - and the high cost of vehicles – has substantially raised the value of a garage from the homebuyer’s point of view...

Borrow, borrow, borrow…or should we?

That dream cottage overlooking the crashing sea, that turbo-charged beast in impossibly luminous red .....you can have it!

On the house, one eager bank or another will lend to you at prime less two percentage points for 25 years.

As for the car, an equally indulgent HP bank, in collaboration with the car company, will lend you the money at prime less 6% over 60 months. You can afford it. It's only Rx per month - albeit for many months...

Property developers are increasingly obliged to provide – and pay for – infrastructure for new residential developments as local authorities struggle to provide services to new suburbs.

This practice is contributing to rising prices of new housing stock and is creating greater demand for existing houses, says George Krause of leading Garden Route estate agency Homenet Trio...

What is the trick to never losing on a buy-to-let? Property investment expert suggests some very shrewd moves to ensure a steady income..

Owning investment properties can be a scary business from a financial perspective. What is the trick to never, ever sitting with a vacant property? What if a tenant absconds? How do you keep a happy tenant? How do you get paid on time?

Well here are some of my tried-and-tested tenant tips....

Just over two years old, Hunters The Estate Agents, a revolutionary concept in real estate, have established themselves as Market Leaders in the areas they operate….. and are expanding…..fast. The concept has won plaudits from a wide spectrum of Industry Professionals and consumers as Hunters actually PAY their agents a basic salary (as well as endowing them with a range of blue chip benefits....car and phone allowances, medical and, and treat them as corporate employees who are driven for excellence and professionalism within a rigid and highly dynamic office structure. Hunters are open 7 days a week (from 8am-7pm Monday to Friday). The result is a professional and quality controlled service where Staff are required to achieve monthly targets, and are managed to maximise their productivity and efficiency...

Dr Nthato Motlana and former president Nelson Mandela at the opening ceremony of Maponya Mall in Soweto a R600m development by Richard Maponya, one of Soweto’s oldest entrepreneurs. Picture: AP

THE construction cranes towering and the cacophony of concrete churning and trucks and cherry pickers rumbling are the sights and sounds of a business boom in SA’s most famous township.

Black South Africans are reaping the benefits of a growing economy, and at the heart of it all is Soweto, the sprawling township in the southwest of Johannesburg that was at the centre of the anti-apartheid struggle.

Historically (Soweto) has been the leader in our national movement toward freedom ...

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