How to Buy a Home

Branson gives IPS the thumbs up!

At a recent Leadership Summit, Brad Allan and Scott Picken from IPS, met some of the top personalities both locally and globally. This is what they had to say: • Sir Richard Branson – Scott asked Sir Richard how he leads and gets the best out of his people with offices around the world, as [...]

Who said we would not be ready for 2010?

I lived in London for 9 years and so many people used to tell me South Africa would never be ready for 2010! It used to anoy me so much as I knew we would ‘make a plan’. Even with the strikes on at the moment (and to be honest they deserve the pay rises) [...]

UK Rental Index – June 09

© 2009 FindaProperty.com In June 2009, rents increased for the first time since August 2008, demonstrating further signs of recovery in the UK rental market. Average asking rents have increased by 0.5% month-on-month to £823 pcm, but are still 5.3% lower than June 2008 when rents stood at £869 pcm. Supply levels of rental property [...]

June – Nationwide UK Property Index – Growth 0.9%

House price rises continued in June • House prices rose by 0.9% in June• Three month rate of change turns positive for first time since December 2007• Low supply supporting prices for now, but a sustained recovery still faces risks Commenting on the figures Martin Gahbauer, Nationwide’s Chief Economist, said: “The price of a typical [...]

Property prices up 4 per cent this year in Aus

Posted on Tuesday, July 07 2009 at 9:00 AM House and unit prices climbed 3.9 per cent over the first five months of 2009, all but cancelling out the losses incurred last year, according to figures from RP Data and Rismark International. Values climbed in every mainland capital city except Perth during the five months [...]

Survey suggests Aus property upswing looms

Australian Property Investor MagazinePosted on Tuesday, July 07 2009 at 9:00 AM Property professionals and investors believe Australia is approaching the next upswing in its property cycle, according to a survey conducted by Colliers International. Most investors believe property is somewhere between four o’clock and six o’clock on the property clock. Six o’clock is considered [...]

Financial Times UK Property Market Review – June 09

If you want to know what is happening in the UK property market, the Financial Times Property Index is the best way understand the trends. There are many indices, but the Financial Times Index is the only one which takes all property in the UK into account. This is what they had to say for [...]

Survey finds Australia number one for property investment

Australia has been placed at number one in a list of the best countries in the world for property investment. A new international survey has found Australian property investment the best in the world. China and Japan also held top places on the list of the best countries for property investment in an annual survey [...]

South African House Prices Slide Most in 23 Years (Update1) By Mike Cohen July 6 (Bloomberg) — South African house prices fell the most in 23 years last month, dropping 4.4 percent from the year- earlier period, according to Absa Group Ltd., the country’s biggest mortgage lender. The average nominal house price dropped to 924,600 [...]

Make money from 2010 World Cup from your South African properties!

With the World Cup 2010 less than 12 months away, South Africans are waking up to the opportunities availiable. Here is an article by Denise Mhlanga on how property owners can benefit from the 450 000 visitors coming to South Africa. Football for many people is about the glory of the sport but when South [...]