Articles by Staff Writer
Time Ripe for Property Buyers to Negotiate Rates and Fees
Patrick O'Shea, CEO of Engel & Völkers, explains why borrowers should get tough with their mortgage lenders
Beware! Scammers are targeting you!
Fraudsters are targeting bank customers with ingenious scams - when in doubt, check with your bank
Super rich home buyers shrug off rate hikes
Cape Town marina duplex apartments have a price tag of R100-million each
US home foreclosures hit record May
In a further sign of the still-troubled US housing market, a survey Wednesday showed home foreclosure actions hit a fresh all-time high in April of 243 353.
More inflation on way, warns Reserve Bank
Interest rate increases of 4.5 percentage points are dampening consumer spending but inflation is still rising, according to the Reserve Bank monetary policy review, released yesterday
A formula to help you stretch your rands
The cost of inflation – are we working to live, or living to work? The price of oil has been rising daily and is currently above R915 a barrel.
Check that you aren't haunted by unpaid debt
Beware that debts still registered as unpaid may well keep you on the blacklist.
Coronation sees market volatility continuing
Coronation Fund Managers expects the recent market volatility to continue for the foreseeable future, but the worst could be over for the local financial and industrial counters.
Repo to increase again
Standard Bank's Economics Unit expects one more increase in the repo rate in June, taking prime to 15.5%, then a static stance for eleven months before a cut in the repo by 50 basis points in June 2009.
Load shedding drags down Astral stock
Not being a trader in shares, I don’t often bother to look at the Stock Exchange News on the day the reports appear.
Slowdown in world economy hits tourism
Players in the tourism industry say the global economic situation is "badly" affecting the industry.
New cash raised for 30000 homes
Backlog increases the demand for housing