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Weekly Property News
Friday, 30 October, 2009 |
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FROM THE EDITOR |
Headlines: As from 28 October new detailed maps of
many South African cities and towns, including Johannesburg,
Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and East London,
are accessible on Google Maps through any web browser or via
Google Maps for Mobile on data enabled handsets. Although
already available in South Africa, the map data has been improved
dramatically and is now available with additional features.
In addition to searching online Maps, Google Maps users will
now be able to find businesses and check driving directions.
Businesses will be able to add their own business listings
for free via Google Maps Local Business Centre.
Google Maps in South Africa can be viewed in several ways.
The “Map” button shows the traditional map view,
ideal for finding an address or planning directions between
points A and B. To explore in more detail users can choose
the “Satellite” button, which includes satellite
and aerial photographs. The “Terrain” view shows
the physical geography of a place (such as hills and mountains).
This button is a great choice if you’re heading out into
the countryside. www.travelwires.com
We’ve introduced Google Maps to CyberProp.com and our
affiliated websites in May 2009 and this is what Johan Potgieter
our webmaster has to say; “Installing the Google Maps
API onto our websites was quick and easy. Seeing the maps
work on the sites was rewarding, but hearing our users’
comments was even more gratifying, and that is essentially
what we were after. Many of our sites feature off-the-beaten-track
locations, so having Google Maps on our websites makes it
easier to locate a place. No matter how big or how small the
website, no matter what target market you are after, and no
matter whether your potential clients have a GPS or not, you
can show them where your product is on earth, how on earth
to get there, and overall improve your website to target more
potential clients”. Now that Google Maps South Africa
has officially launched we will be adding more mapping features
in the next few weeks.
Market update: It’s time to officially call an
end to the recession – at least in the real estate sector.
So says Lew Geffen, chairman of Sotheby’s International
Realty in SA, who notes that the company’s “strike
rate” of properties sold as a percentage of those advertised
has been back up to 20% for the past three months. Buy
signals now unequivocal, says Geffen
Enjoy!
The editor
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Featured
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State, Excelsior
Property Type: House - URGENT SALE!! MUST GO!! Approx.
size of stand - 2 000m²
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CyberProp
Property Count: 30/10/2009 |
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Properties for Sale: 133,514
Properties to Rent: 10,675
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signals now unequivocal, says Geffen |
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It’s time to officially call an end to the
recession – at least in the real estate sector.
So says Lew Geffen, chairman of Sotheby’s
International Realty in SA, who notes that the
company’s “strike rate” of properties
sold as a percentage of those advertised has been
back up to 20% for the past three months...
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| Coastline
not for sale to foreigners |
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Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk
will release the Integrated Coastal Management
Bill today, his spokesman said, in what could
be South Africa's first substantial move to limit
foreign access to its real estate market...
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| Insurance
shock looms for coastal property owners |
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Escalating insurance costs for some oceanfront
homes, others will be "uninsurable"
Buying coastal property could end up being a
‘natural lottery' if scientists turn out
to be right about global warming...
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| Analysing
Durban property |
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The Third Quarter eThekwini Metro FNB Residential
Property Barometer pointed to a further jump in
activity levels in the region for the fifth consecutive
quarter, after a very low bottoming out point
in the second quarter of last year...
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Analysing
Cape Town property
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The Third Quarter Cape Metro FNB
Residential Property Barometer pointed to a significant
jump in activity levels in the region, after a very
weak second quarter level... |
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Estate agents rejoice - spring brings out the buyers |
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Every Cape estate agent with a few years experience
will tell you that he can – and does –
sell houses throughout winter. Most, however,
will also confess that the moment the spring sunshine
appears, buyers come out of hibernation and sales
pick up...
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appointment of a competent conveyancer is all important |
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Repeating a warning that she has given at least
once before, Lanice Steward, MD of Anne Porter
Knight Frank, said that recent experience has
shown again that sellers should never cede their
right to nominate the attorney handling their
conveyancing...
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The areas we are going to take a closer look at this
week are;
- Knysna
- Pretoria East
- Margate
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the Area 1 - Knysna |
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Knysna property market starting to hum
As the Knysna property market gears up for the
holiday season, the news from the principal of
the CENTURY 21 Prestige office in the town, Theresa
Marais, is that “things are humming”...
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the Area 2 - Pretoria East |
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Older buyers invest in Pretoria East
Older buyers with cash to invest are finding
good value in older suburbs to the east of Pretoria...
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the area 3 – Margate |
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Great time to buy a Margate property
Holiday properties in Margate on KwaZulu-Natal’s
popular South Coast are once again drawing buyers,
thanks to high availability and discounted prices...
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To
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Send us your “real estate agent”
stories as we would like to share them with
our readers.
Send to news@cyberprop.com
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Local
News Continue |
| Law
that limits proxies? |
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Question:
We are having our AGM tomorrow, but one of the
owners who has been here for a number of years
collects proxies from absent owners to the extent
that he can outvote any decision at the AGM...
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| SASSI
secure rights for leading self storage hallway systems |
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SA Self Storage Investments (SASSI), the fastest
growing self storage group in SA, has secured
from a US based supplier, Janus International,
the sole distribution rights for Africa to distribute
an all-steel self storage hallway system to both
existing operators and potential new entrants
to the self storage industry...
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from Paddock Press |
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Have you ever really noticed the specific factors
that make a building look unkempt? We have recently
purchased a beautiful Victorian building built
way back in 1902 when pride and care was put into
the building process...
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