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My view on the leisure property market 2010 and beyond

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.

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Are the banks to blame for the property crisis?

By Ewald Kellerman on Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Stringent lending criteria by home loan banks have been a hot topic for quite some time now. At a stage of the property downturn, estate agents surveyed by FNB were quoting this as a major reason for weak activity levels in the property market. Around that time, banks had started restricting loan-to-value policies for new loans granted, implying an increased number of loans for which significant deposits were required.

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