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South Africa’s most comprehensive online source of property data, the South African Property Transfer Guide (SAPTG), now publishes a convenient, up-to-date summary of the main economic indicators that relate to the property market. Freely... Read More
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The inexact science of foresight provides an appropriate backdrop to our look ahead for South Africa’s real estate sector in 2011. With 20/20 hindsight, we can confidently report that the past two years alarming decline in the number of... Read More
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Following the recent acquisition of Knowledge Factory by Kagiso Media and Mint Technologies, Knowledge Factory will be moving to their new office as of Monday, 24 January 2011. The new address is: H Santos Building 30 Arena Close Bruma 2008... Read More
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After 11 years with the company, Geraldine Mitchley, managing director of Knowledge Factory has resigned to follow new opportunities in a diverse industry.
“Kagiso Media and Mint Management Technologies acquired Knowledge Factory at... Read More
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Suzanne Necker was an insightful woman. The 18th century wife of the French finance minister wrote: “Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.” Much the same can be said about the property market. Fortune (or the lack thereof) does... Read More
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In a move to extend their reach into marketing and property data insights Kagiso Media and Mint Management Technologies acquired Knowledge Factory, a property and marketing insights company, from Primedia for an undisclosed amount. Kagiso Media... Read More
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Recent data just released by ABSA, FNB and Statistics SA indicate continuing difficulty in the construction sector. This has a very real effect on real-estate supply and demand cycles as well as risk associated with credit extension.
According... Read More
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SA's property market shows a relatively positive rating against many other countries, according to the Knight Frank global house price index, but the crisis has forced a number of local homeowners into distressed selling.
For example, the index... Read More
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New software tool makes it easy for agents to canvass their areas and identify owners who are most likely to sell.
Canvass Manager, collaboration between online property software giants, CyberAgent and the South African Property Transfer Guide... Read More
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When real-estate software giants, CYBERAGENT, and South Africa’s most comprehensive property data resource, SAPTG, join forces, it's a match made in heaven. This collaboration sees the end of frustration for thousands of property... Read More
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Numbers just out from FNB and ABSA agree with SAPTG figures and show a less than thrilling path for property recovery. While some growth in the first two quarters created the impression that the path to recovery was on track, albeit at a... Read More
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Residential property surveys provide valuable pointers to soundly-based buying decisions in a volatile property market, says a leading property commentator. Gerhard Kotzé, CEO of the ERA South Africa property group, says that while... Read More
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Unlike the genie Aladdin discovered by rubbing his lamp, the GINI coefficient was developed by the Italian statistician, Corrado Gini. It is commonly used as a measure of inequality of income or wealth.
The GINI is portrayed as a number between... Read More
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In the fiercely competitive real estate industry, many agencies make claims to market share which are frequently confusing and even contradictory when read by the average consumer. Pam Golding Properties’ Laurie Wener, cautions that consumers... Read More
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Eleni Giokos speaks to Dieter Deppisch on The Real Estate on what is needed to move the South African property market to the next level and what it takes to be a Top 10 suburb.
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