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RE/MAX EXPANDS ITS GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
As globalization increases, the need for truly global real estate brands increases alongside it. Adding to its vast global presence in over 110 countries and territories, RE/MAX continues to move into new geographic areas as the desire to affiliate with the real estate brand remains high. International real estate remains big business despite declines in foreign investment due to the COVID-19 p
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HOW WILL THE PROPERTY MARKET PERFORM IN 2022?
Remarkably, within a pandemic year, the property market has experienced somewhat of a boom. Record-low interest rates and the change in lifestyle resulted in an increase in buyer activity that kept the real estate market alive and thriving. With this year at its end and with the new year in sight, Regional Director and CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, Adrian Goslett, says that it is difficult to
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RE/MAX IS SANTA’S HELPER THIS DECEMBER
Those who are looking for ways to help their fellow man over the festive season can drop off toys, books, stationery supplies and children’s clothing at their local participating RE/MAX office as part of the annual RE/MAX National Toy & Book Collection. At the end of January 2022, the donations will be dropped off at various local charities and children’s organisations across the c
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INTEREST RATE HIKE MEANS HIGHER REPAYMENTS ON HOME LOANS
After months of enjoying record-low interest rates, South African debt holders now face slightly higher repayments as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has just announced that the repo rate will increase by 25 basis points to 3.75%, leaving the prime lending rate at 7.25%. While remaining hopeful that this increase will not have too profound of an effect on the property market as a whole, Reg
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RE/MAX NATIONAL HOUSING REPORT Q3 2021
Housing Market Continues to Exceed Expectations Rather than subsiding to pre-COVID levels of activity, as was predicted in the RE/MAX National Housing Report for Q2 2021, the property market continues to exceed expectations in the third quarter of this year. Regional Director and CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, Adrian Goslett, says that the results of the RE/MAX National Housing Report fo
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ENABLING YOUNG GIRLS SCHOOLING SUCCESS
On 27 September, Livingstone High School in the Claremont school district received a free sanitary pad dispensing machine, sponsored by The RE/MAX Foundation and supplied by the MENstruation Foundation & O Grace Land – NPO’s that strives to create free access to sanitary pads for young women during their menstrual cycle. Countless girls in South Africa regularly miss
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PROPERTY GIANT TURNS PINK TO RAISE AWARENESS
As prevalent as breast cancer is among South African women, most still fail to go for regular mammograms and perform self-examinations to check for lumps or irregularities hiding beneath the breast tissue. Breast cancer is almost always curable if detected early, which is why the National Breast Cancer Awareness month exists to spread awareness around early detection and cure. “Many of ou
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STABLE INTEREST RATES GIVE HOMEOWNERS ANOTHER BREAK
Interest rates will yet again remain stable at 3.5% (repo rate), with the prime lending rate remaining at 7% following the September announcement by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). While grateful for this decision, Adrian Goslett, Regional Director and CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, remains cautious for when interest rates will begin their inevitable upward climb. As predicted in his re
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HOW TO AVOID PROPERTY SCAMS
While the Internet is an extremely useful tool, it has also made it easier for criminals to prey on prospective buyers and tenants. Over the last month, RE/MAX of Southern Africa has received several reports of various real estate agent scams taking place within the Western Cape in particular. Adrian Goslett, Regional Director and CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, warns South Africans to be car
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GLOBAL R.E.A.L GROUP’S CAREER ADVICE TO WOMEN
The global R.E.A.L. group, with the support of RE/MAX HQ, is helping women shatter any barriers they may encounter along their career path, regardless of where they are in the world. The group is bringing the brilliant business minds of female RE/MAX affiliates together to exchange ideas, best practices, and – most importantly – personal stories, in an authentic and judgment-free fo
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WHERE ARE WOMEN IN BUSINESS TODAY?
It has been 65 years since the march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against passes for women took place on 9 August 1956. Today, we still have only one female CEO in the top 40 of the JSE, Anglo American Platinum's Natasha Viljoe. Although we have a long way to go before women have a more equal place at the boardroom table, we have made progress that
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INTEREST RATES HOLD STEADY IN FACE OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY
Following the recent wave of economic instability, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced that interest rates will remain stable at 3.5% (repo rate), with the prime lending rate then remaining at 7%. Adrian Goslett, Regional Director and CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, says that this was a prudent decision, as many have entered the property market owing to record-low interest ra
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