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IPS CEO Update | June 09 | Greenshoots, crisis or opportunity?
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Continue reading...Australian house prices to rise by up to 20 per cent
16. June 2009
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By staff writersNEWS.com.au June 15, 2009 12:01am AUSTRALIAN house prices will rise by nearly 20 per cent over the next three years, buoyed by the “current heat” in the market surrounding first home buyers. That’s the forecast from research house BIS Shrapnel’s Residential Property Prospects report – based on data from the Real Estate Institute [...]
Continue reading...90% LTV mortgages are a rare breed in the UK
16. June 2009
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Permalink: 90% LTV mortgages are a rare breed by Kay Murchie In just two-and-a-half years, mortgages requiring a 10% deposit have almost vanished from the market making it even more difficult for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder. First-time buyers have long since been described as a core part of the property market [...]
Continue reading...U.K. Housing Market Shows Signs of ‘Stabilizing,’ RICS Says
10. June 2009
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By Svenja O’Donnell June 9 (Bloomberg) — The U.K. housing market showed signs of “stabilizing” in May as the smallest balance of real-estate agents and surveyors in 18 months reported price declines, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said. The number of respondents in the monthly survey saying home values fell exceeded those reporting gains [...]
Continue reading...Why now is the time to invest offshore?
9. June 2009
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This is the latest RMB’s currency outlook for the next year or so: Some major positives have emerged over the past month that justifies some of the ZAR’s sharp gains. In particular: - The proposed MTN Bharti deal could bring in US$4bn of net inflows.- The SARB has allowed more ZAR appreciation than we thought [...]
Continue reading...Webinars – the way of future!
9. June 2009
Scott Picken, CEO of IPS talks about the future. “It is really exciting when something new comes to the market and it revolutionises the way things are done – for example the mobile phone and communication.” Well Webinars are going to have the same impact on education and seminars. A Webinar, simply is an online [...]
Continue reading...How to save or make R10 million?
3. June 2009
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There are three types of people in the world…Those who make it happen…Those who watch it happen…Those who wonder what happened…”, which are you? A classic example of this recently was an investor who recently bought four units in London. One of the fundamental laws in property is to make sure you buy from a [...]
Continue reading...‘Strong vote of confidence’ as largest SA bond is snapped up
2. June 2009
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‘Strong vote of confidence’ as largest SA bond is snapped up INTERNATIONAL investors have given SA a big vote of confidence by snapping up its largest dollar-denominated bond to date, despite the severe global lending crisis. SA raised the amount on a 10-year issue it planned to raise offshore this year to $1,5bn from an [...]
Continue reading...Where to for the South African economy?
2. June 2009
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What every bungee jumper knows By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist FNB1 June 2009 As monthly output releases paint a grim picture of an economy in freefall and operating way below resource capacity, financial data releases (falling inflation, constrained credit extension, narrowing trade deficit, firming Rand) keep reinforcing the case for more policy support. Eventually freefall [...]
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23. June 2009
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