By Justin Clarke on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, has been predicting the collapse of the global financial system for 12 years. You would guess that he should have revelled in the recent events that brought the world to its knees, but he predicts that worst is still to come. At the Discovery Leadership Summit last [...]
By Scott Picken on Thursday, July 22, 2010
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South Africa hosting the 2010 World Cup is history in the making indeed. Many predictions were made and there are still many more to come.
IPS is going to be talking about the impact that the World Cup has had on the South African Property Market. Where [...]
By Justin Clarke on Tuesday, July 13, 2010
When I watched the closing ceremony of the soccer world cup, glued to the TV as the full sized elephant mannequins drank water from a watering hole in what looked like a sandy Kalahari desert to the sounds of the Ladysmith Black Mambazo , I was overcome with pride and the realisation that IN South [...]
By FanusJ on Tuesday, July 6, 2010
The South African Revenue Services(SARS) has made the practice of owing one’s domestic residential property in a company very costly from a tax point of view. Most people do not realise how large the bundle of taxes is; especially when the shareholder of a home owning companies dies. By taking advantage of this amnesty, you will save the full Capital Gains Tax payable by the company, the Secondary Tax on companies, as well as the cost of the annual return to CIPRO.
By Scott Picken on Thursday, June 17, 2010
May 19th, 2010 by HousingPredictor.com
Housing Vacancies Reach New RecordHousing and rental vacancies have hit unprecedented levels. Included in these record vacancy numbers are a plague of abandoned properties fated for demolition, and millions more homes being withheld from market. Of the more than 19 million empty homes recorded by the US Census, just under 2 [...]
By Justin Clarke on Thursday, June 17, 2010
“Supply always comes on the heels of demand” – Robert Collier.
I am sure Robert Collier would agree that the opposite is also true. By “reducing supply will eventually increase demand” as too much money chases too few goods. It’s no secret that we are coming out of one of the worst recessions on record, [...]
By Scott Picken on Tuesday, June 8, 2010
June 2010
Lea Jacobs from Business Day interviews Scott Picken, IPS CEO on investing offshore
Has there been an increase in South African’s investing in offshore property? If so, what do you believe is driving this?
International Property Solutions (IPS) has been helping investors invest overseas since 2003, and during these times we have noticed [...]
By Justin Clarke on Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Two weeks ago I joined a group of property people on a road show (property Wealth Network) where we presented in the four major centres, on various property topics. The event was a great success and the venues filled up as the week progressed with the final function in Cape Town being overbooked with [...]
By Dirk Wilson fractionalownership.co.za on Monday, May 24, 2010
After attending the property wealth seminar in Cape Town last week, I believe that forms of alternative ownership will stimulate growth in the leisure property market. Hey I am not a property economist or forecaster, but understand that the landscape has changed and that from the depths of a hard hit property sector will emerge new and exciting ways of owning leisure real estate.
By FanusJ on Monday, May 24, 2010
Numerous property buyers have asked me the question ‘In which entity should I buy a house/flat or holiday home?’ Each person’s circumstances differ, and it is not a straight forward answer. What is preferable from a legal perspective may not necessarily yield the best result from a tax perspective.
