Rent2buy – Get our name and details on the Rent2buy waiting list
With home buyers finding it increasingly difficult to secure a home loan to fit their needs, the Rent2buy concept is proving an even more popular way to secure your own home to purchase. Lending institutions are granting less 100 % home loans and deposits of between 10 – 15 % are required. How does Rent2buy […]
Tired of paying rent with no assets to show for it?
A rent-to-buy system may offer a practical solution to help homeowners on their way. You have found your dream house; the offer to purchase is a done deal. Now all you have to do is persuade a bank to lend you the money. Given the current economic climate, banks are more jittery than ever about […]
Non-paying tenants – are you tired of funding someone else’s lifestyle?
So you invested your hard-earned money in a buy-to let property and found the perfect tenant. Well done! Things run smoothly and everyone is happy. Fantastic! Then the rental starts to be paid a few days late, followed by a week or two or perhaps no payment at all – with apologies that it won’t […]
How attorneys are changing the home selling game
The affordability to raise a home loan and buy your dream home remains one of the major hurdles for a property buyer, says Meyer de Waal, a practicing conveyancing attorney who spearheaded My Bond Fitness and is now on a mission to emancipate attorneys from their “reliance on estate agents to bring them business”. The […]
Slow service delivery in the Deeds Office to impact on economy. Is this our local “9/12”
When you plan a property transaction, one of the last things on your mind is the return of your title deed after the registration in the deeds office. This can cost a property owner thousands of rands. Our experience is that the local deeds office is one of the worst performers when it comes to […]
Estate Agent focussed Workshop
Shirley Baillie and Meyer de Waal, both well-known on the sectional title environment and Government Subsidies to purchase a property will co-host a workshop focussed to provide information to practising estate agents. Meyer will focus in how to boost and improve sales with access to Flip subsidies and Shirley on Sectional Title matters. The workshops […]
Real Estate Investor Magazine / Rode Property Conference
As you know Meyer de Waal will be a special guest at the upcoming Real Estate Investor Magazine / Rode Property Conference to be held in Johannesburg in 19 August and Cape Town on 26 August 2015. We have secured “5 specials” deals and if you book 3 tickets, you can get 2 for free. […]
YOUR INVITATION TO THE HOME OWNERS EDUCATION WORKSHOPS
Meyer de Waal, the convenor of the HOME OWNERSHIP EDUCATION TEAM says that they may consider to select A B de Villiers in their team – if he had the same specialist knowledge on home ownership education, if compared to his cricket skills. To sign up for these exciting workshop – click here. Even if you already […]
FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS AND OWNERS ARE LOSING THOUSANDS
Many home buyers and current new home owners are unaware that first time home buyers may qualify for a housing subsidy under the FLISP grant. “If they do not investigate and make use of the opportunity they may be losing thousands of rands by not claiming the FLISP subsidy, but also losing out on the […]
Purchasers beware!
Purchasers are to be advised of the following monetary implications when they purchase a property: 1. Budget, Budget, Budget!! There are transfer costs and mortgage bond costs which will more than often be paid to different attorneys. The banks DO NOT advance the transfer duty, which is the biggest component of your transfer costs. Have […]