By Ewald Kellerman on Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Are aspiring home buyers scared to buy property currently? The demand/supply balance still shows heavy oversupplies. Potential buyers are constrained by significant increases in their cost of living, while high levels of indebtedness leave them vulnerable to any future interest rate increases. However, reduced confidence levels are exactly what is needed to fuel the recovery.
By Justin Clarke on Wednesday, May 11, 2011
What is a good property market and who gets to decide? One of the biggest questions at dinner parties, in the press and I am even blogging about it, is the current state of the property market, especially with the recent spate of Malema-isms.
By Scott Picken on Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Scott Picken, IPS CEO will interview Dr Hannes Dreyer, the global leader in Wealth Creation. Retiring at 37 and living off his property portfolio, Dr Dreyer devised a successful strategy for analysing any property to ensure you can retire and have financial freedom as soon as possible. The most important component is his strategy works [...]
By Scott Picken on Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Dr Hannes Dreyer, the global leader in Wealth Creation, will interview Scott Picken, IPS CEO. Scott Picken has helped over 2000 people invest in international property to a value of R1.6 billion as is the leading expert in South Africa on Offshore Investment and International Property.
What will be covered:
i. What is happening in global markets?
ii. 5 fundamental [...]
By Scott Picken on Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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By Ewald Kellerman on Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The April 2011 FNB House Price Index showed further mild acceleration in year-on-year growth on March’s revised rate of 1.2%, to 2.2%. This is the 2nd successive month of mild acceleration in year-on-year house price growth, an event which we believe is the lagged result of a further brief flurry of interest rate cutting by the Reserve Bank (SARB) late in 2010. Those rate cuts caused a mild uptick in residential demand which may have been more than just the usual summer seasonal factors.
By Scott Picken on Sunday, April 24, 2011
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By Scott Picken on Sunday, April 24, 2011
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By Scott Picken on Thursday, April 21, 2011
“Three years after the global financial crisis, the global economy remains a confusing place – and for good reasons. Should we draw comfort from gradual healing in advanced countries and solid growth in emerging economies? Or should we seek refuge against high oil prices, geopolitical shocks in the Middle East, and continued nuclear uncertainties in [...]
By bauerm on Saturday, April 9, 2011
Even though we have been through three years in which property lost much of its appeal for many investors, there are still many astute property investors who, right now, see buy-to-let residential property as a good prospect and get good returns – but, says Michael Bauer, general manager of the property management company IHFM, there are others who are investing in property without a proper plan and very often for the wrong reasons.
