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MPC ANNOUNCES GREAT NEWS FOR HOUSING MARKET: INTEREST RATES LOWERED
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced today that interest rates will be lowered by 25 basis points. The prime lending rate therefore changes to 10% and the repo rate drops to 6.5%.
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RE/MAX NATIONAL HOUSING REPORT Q2 2019
Signs of an Increasingly Active Property Market
The overall sentiment of current market conditions is, well, slow at best. However, the data for the second quarter of 2019 provides the first glimme...
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WHAT THE RE/MAX BRAND STANDS FOR
Curious to know how the RE/MAX brand was able to develop into the world’s largest real estate franchise? Apart from our unique entrepreneurial business model that allows real estate professional...
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WILL THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET SURVIVE THE NEGATIVE ECONOMY
The state of the South African economy does not bode well for the property market. On Tuesday 04 June 2019, Stats SA announced a 3.2 percent decline in GDP for the first three months of the year, whic...
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ARE REAL ESTATE AGENT COMMISSIONS TOO HIGH?
When choosing a doctor to perform open-heart surgery on you, how do you go about choosing the doctor? What if the cheapest option explained that their reason for being affordable is that you will need...
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4 QUICK TIPS TO SELL YOUR HOME DURING WINTER
The skies are dark and ominous, the air is icy and the ‘For Sale’ sign is dripping in the driveway in front of your showhouse. Selling in Winter certainly has its drawbacks. If you are goi...
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5 MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN DESIGNING A KITCHEN
The kitchen is popularly referred to as the heart of the home. If you happen to get the design of this room wrong, you risk restricting the flow of your entire household.
To help you get the balanc...
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3 WAYS TO GIVE BACK WITHOUT SPENDING MONEY
Winter is by far the hardest season for a large portion of our population who are living on the bread line and without a solid roof over their heads. According to Stats SA’s General Household Su...
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HOW TO ADJUST TO YOUR NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD
Have you ever pulled into your driveway at home and suddenly realised that you have no recollection of the journey from the office to your doorstep? That’s because your routines can become so fa...
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THE RISKS INVOLVED IN PURCHASING A DISTRESSED PROPERTY
The term distressed properties refers to homes that have been put onto the market because the homeowner has fallen into some sort of financial peril and needs to be rescued from his/her debt. Rather t...
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