Your bond is an important tool that can allow you to achieve your financial goals quicker if used in the correct wealth generation manner. Clever use of the equity available in your home loan can...
Continued slow growth in property prices
South African property owners have been anticipating a rate cut for the last 2 or 3 quarters but the Reserve bank has kept rates steady for some time now. Lets put this into perspective, rates are...
Using paint techniques
Using paint techniques can dramatically improve the experience in any room but before we get onto the different techniques and finishes, the first step is the preparation of the surface. We will...
Selling a house privately
Selling a house privately has both positives and negatives and in order to determine whether or not your home is best sold privately or through an estate agent you need to consider very carefully...
Renovation financing options
With interest rates at all time lows and no imminent signs of a change in a direction, now is a good time to renovate in order to prepare your home for an inevitable upswing in both demand for homes...
Styling your home for showday, tips and tricks
Showing your property is not simply moving out for a few hours and hoping the estate agent is going to make magic, you need to prepare for it. You want to sell your home, show it in the best light...
Property Insurance
As a property owner you are obliged to take out property insurance to cover the banks in the event of a disaster that may effect the structure. Some of the eventualities that need to be covered...
5 things you should know before applying for a home loan
Banks are competing vigorously for bonds in a market where their lending has been restricted by recessionary fears and now being opened up. The banks have a lot of cash available to lend right now...
30 year home loan interest rate chart
The home loan rate has changed dramatically over the last 30 years from a high of 22.75% in 1999 to it's current low of 10%. Since the banks cracked down on their lending criteria last year, the...
Bathroom renovation
Renovating bathrooms and kitchens are notoriously expensive and in more cases than not, the cost of the renovation does not add the same value to your home. That of course is assuming that wish to...