Articles by Staff Writer

How to choose a bank account to meet your needs

25 April 2008 · Staff Writer

The type of account you choose to use should be the most cost-effective for you, depending on what you use the account for.

Institutional investors bring R1bn back to SA

25 April 2008 · Staff Writer

South African institutional investors withdrew more than R1bn from off shore collective investments in the quarter through March

Time to cut your coat according to the cloth, folks

24 April 2008 · Staff Writer

With food prices and basic necessities skyrocketing, act sensibly, writes Isaac Moledi

Correction...or crash?

24 April 2008 · Staff Writer

There is panic on the home front in South Africa

Registered estate agents figures plummet

23 April 2008 · Staff Writer

The number of registered real estate agents has dropped to less than 47000 from close to 80000 a year ago

SA property hit by emigration

23 April 2008 · Staff Writer

A growing number of SA homeowners are dumping their properties on the market for emigration purposes, according to data released by FNB on Monday.

No need for panic over pension system changes: OM

23 April 2008 · Staff Writer

Old Mutual has expressed its concern over the confusion felt by many South Africans regarding the government's proposed overhaul of the retirement fund industry in 2010

SARS scam hits consumers

23 April 2008 · Staff Writer

Fraudsters posing as SA Revenue Service officials are trying to take tax refunds back from an unsuspecting public

Choose Nedbank and get R100 in your pocket

22 April 2008 · Staff Writer

Open a new Nedbank current account, switch your debit orders and get a R100 refund

Residential property market remains depressed: FNB

22 April 2008 · Staff Writer

The FNB residential property barometer for the first quarter 2008 unsurprisingly showed further decline in activity levels

Disband estate agency board

23 April 2008 · Staff Writer

Remax has called for the deregulation of the Estate Agency Affairs Board and for the industry to be allowed to regulate itself

Now comes the real crunch

21 April 2008 · Staff Writer

With Tito Mboweni announcing an interest rate hike of an effective 0.5%, the time for consumers to get wise about their expenses is well and truly upon us.