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Friday, 30 September, 2005
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| >> Real Estate News - Cashing in on 2010 |
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Much has been written about the potential positive impact on the South African property market of the Football World Cup in 2010, but a closer look at the lessons of the Olympics in Athens means a lot of work needs to be done — especially in marketing South Africa. Barak Geffen, Executive Director of Sotheby’s International Realty in South Africa, (operated by Lew Geffen) says, "There is a lot to be learned from the Greek Olympic experience on how best to sell South Africa as a desirable country and etch ourselves into the minds of tourists and investors for a long time to come."...
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| >> The Property Game - Investment Properties - Part III |
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Supplied by Dave Welmans www.thepropertygame.co.za I've looked at your home and investment properties over the last two weeks and this week I'd like to tackle valuing investment properties. There are many different ways of trying to determine the value of a property; price, sales income, cost of ownership, future capital growth, rental income. With these various methods of valuation are a myriad of ratio's that can be used; yield, price to earning ratio, Internal Rate of Return (IRR), cap rate, capital growth rate. Today I'm going to look at some of these...
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| >> Housing sector to build more houses, create jobs |
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HOUSING Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has rallied the housing development sector behind a concerted drive to address the housing backlog. Sisulu said recently at a housing indaba held in Cape Town, where 46 stakeholders signed a social contract, that she hoped accelerated housing delivery would wipe out the backlog, which she said stood at 2,4million, by 2014...
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| >> Sewerage crisis looms over central Cape Town |
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Booming development in the central city is set to cause the stressed sewerage infrastructure to collapse if plans to deal with the impending crisis aren't implemented. The central city is expected to have about 2 000 new housing units by the end of next year, and the N2 Gateway Project will deliver about 4 000 units in District Six. Another major housing development is planned for Culemborg...
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| >> Claremont Upper - Unique opportunity |
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CLAREMONT UPPER - R2.400,000 An unique opportunity, walking distance from the Herschel Girls High solving the peak hour traffic problems rushing to school. This grand lady has original oregan floors, doors and window frames and has lots of character and space begging for an artistic family with lots of ideas. The picturous garden has been established many moons ago and needs to be loved and enjoyed. The lounge/dining area is large enough for a ball, separate family room, renovated kitchen with breakfast nook, main bedroom double sized overlooks the Hottentots Holland mountains in the distance. Family bedrooms are sunny. Entertaining from bar sunroom and patio to private pool. Teenage pad with en suite bathroom and living area. Dream awaits the extended family in here to move in before Christmas. Sole Agent, Marie van Rooyen 082 7711 072 |
| >> Focus on The Strand, Western Cape, South Africa |
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The move reflects the confidence the market has in the Melrose Arch development and expansion, and was driven by increasing demand for residential space in the area. It is the first newly planned development within a precinct that will include a fully accessible retail component to complement the urban lifestyle attraction...
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| >> Have fun - How to clear up a green pool |
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Unfortunately, there is no magic way to turn a green or black pool clear overnight ! It usually takes a lot of time, effort and money to clear up a typical "swampy" green pool. It is certainly best if you never let your pool water get this dirty, however most pool owners experience a "green pool problem" from time to time...
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| >> News Val Ludgrove |
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Whaling season in full swing
Sightings of whales in the Knysna Lagoon made headlines in our local
newspapers. It's not uncommon for the Whales to go through The Heads,
but never have they gone as far up in the lagoon as the Oyster beds.
They usually just go as far as the Knysna Yacht Club. Just to show you
that no matter how big you are your can still be a little nosey! Val Ludgrove Real Estate has been working in the Hanover area for quite a while now and due to the large amount of property inquiries and sales taking place we decided that the only way to ensure that sellers and buyers get the best available service would be to open a satellite office. The office will not only be used for Hanover property, it will also allow us to introduce coastal properties to the large amount of travelers moving through Hanover on a daily basis. For any information that you might require please feel free to contact
Barney Barnard @ +27 (0)82 518 7086 or please feel free to visit our
website: www.plettenbergbayrealestate.co.za
ARE YOU DRIVING PAST HANOVER ON THE 8TH OF OCTOBER? We are hosting an evening of fun on the 8 th of October in Hanover . Follow the music and laughter to the Barnyard and join in! Remember to put on your dancing shoes! Urnus Human will be our guest providing the entertainment for the evening. Contact Barney for more information on 082 518 7086.
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MELROSE
Arch and Warner Projects have unveiled the next phase of the Melrose Arch
residential component following the runaway success of the first apartments,
which fetched prices up to R7,5m.
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are only three things that will clear up a green pool:
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first Southern Right Whales visited us early this year. After reports
that there were two Southern Right Whales in the Bay researchers managed
to get identifiable photographs of both individuals, which only stayed
in the bay for one morning. For reasons unknown to us these two whales
obviously hadn't made the return journey to the Antarctic for the summer
months.
