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IS YOUR AGENT BREAKING THE POPI ACT?
Over the past few years, companies have been mining customers’ personal information freely in order to optimise their marketing efforts. Question is, can you trust your real estate agent to keep your personal information safe, or are they in some way breaking the POPI Act? Why Do Real Estate Agents Need My Personal Information? Personal information is an integral part of the real estate
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RE/MAX NATIONAL HOUSING REPORT Q1 2019
According to Lightstone Property data, a total of 39,836 bond registrations were recorded at the Deeds Office over the period of January - March 2019, totalling an amount of R43,880,124,000. This translates into a 5.7% decrease in the amount of bonds registered since the last quarter of 2018. The number of transfers (both bonded and unbonded) recorded at the Deeds Office between January and March
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HOW THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY AFFECTS SELLERS
Not all of us have a degree in economics. Understanding how external forces within the greater economy impact the price of property can be confusing. But, if you are in the market, then you do need to grasp its ebbs and flows or face the risk of being dragged under with its undercurrents. UNDERSTANDING DEMAND VS SUPPLY The main principal that contributes to growth in property prices is the sam
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RE/MAX BY THE NUMBERS 2018
Looking for reasons to choose RE/MAX? Below are just a few of the reasons why we are able to call ourselves the #1 brand in real estate… OUR LOCAL FOOTPRINT RE/MAX of Southern Africa has over 2,000 agents operating from over 160 offices, servicing over 3,000 suburbs, and licensed in five countries in Southern Africa. In the last six years, we have grown by 640 sales associates. Despite
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WHAT THE PROPERTY MARKET HOPES TO HEAR IN THE NATIONAL BUDGET SPEECH
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will make his debut National Budget speech in Parliament today. According to Regional Director and CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, Adrian Goslett, the National Budget speech has a profound impact on the property market as it sets the scene for what can be expected for our economy in the year ahead. “Considering how closely linked the property market is to t
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HOW TO BREAK UP WITH A LAZY ESTATE AGENT
After the initial months of being flattered with high prices and wooed over with glistening listing brochures, the honeymoon phase with your real estate agent soon comes to its inevitable end. Eventually, you can’t help but consider other options … FALLING FOR THE WRONG AGENT All too often sellers make the mistake of choosing an estate agent based purely upon price, asking quest
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RE/MAX NATIONAL HOUSING REPORT Q4 2018
A Stable & Steady Quarter Ending the year with roughly as many positive outlooks as there were negative, it is unsurprising that the fourth and final quarter of 2018 would yield slow but steady results. However, without any curve ball spikes in numbers, and with most figures revealing shoots of minor growth, the fourth quarter could easily be described as good news to the risk averse invest
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ARE YOU CUT OUT FOR A CAREER IN REAL ESTATE?
A career in real estate can potentially be one of the most lucrative professions a person can pursue. But, not many real estate groups set up stalls at career days, nor is the profession advocated for by many teachers and parents. Most agents enter the profession purely by chance – and this ‘chance’ usually takes the form of an encounter with an old acquaintance who happens to be
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RE/MAX NATIONAL HOUSING REPORT Q3 2018
A Quarter of Contradictions Considering the announcement of a technical recession and ever-rising fuel costs pinching consumers even further, there can be no doubt that last quarter has been a tumultuous one. It is unsurprising, then, that the property market would yield some interesting contradictions during this period. “The third quarter of 2018 has produced some interesting trends
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BEST SPOTS TO GET OFF-THE-GRID IN SA
There are various reasons why people choose to get “off-the-grid” – a term coined to describe a household that does not receive public utility services from their city. Some do it to assert their independence and to escape the monthly service fees, others attempt it as an environmentally responsible endeavour to live a more sustainable lifestyle. “Whatever your reasons,
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THE RISE OF THE INDEPENDENT WOMAN
According to Lightstone data, single women who owned property in 2017 far outnumbered their single male property-owning counterparts. In fact, this group even managed to trump the number of married couples who owned property. But, before you celebrate this victory, you need to factor in that single women only outnumber their male counterparts in the lowest price band of properties valued at under
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HOW TO BECOME A TOP GLOBAL EARNER
Want to know the secret to success? Don’t we all. Sadly, there is no single recipe for reaching that point in life where you can kick back and say: I’ve made it. What we can do, however, is listen to the advice of those who have. Annually, RE/MAX LLC compiles a list of the top 100 global individual and team earners. This year, RE/MAX of Southern Africa claimed 27 of the 100 spots in
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