Renting vs buying: The pros and cons

In a lowering interest environment, tenants are reconsidering their priorities. Driven by reduced interest rates and more lenient loan criteria, tenants are starting to have their sights firmly set on owning a home. While many particularly the ‘millennial generation’ chose to travel and live more ‘freely’ in the past, priorities have since changed. Travel and […]

How to know when it’s time to move

Knowing when to move is not always as straight forward as one might think. At times, the need for a change is apparent and unavoidable, but other times, it grows over time and may even go unnoticed. Let’s have a look at a few of the biggest indications that it might be time to move house. Growing pains  A […]

More than ever, home buyers are checking online what home loan amount they can qualify for.

“Despite all doom and gloom that is surrounding the residential property market, June 2020 was a record month for property buyers who went online to check what home loan amount they could qualify for,” says Meyer de Waal, who was instrumental in the development of such an online process.  A property buyer can subscribe online and perform their own credit score check, calculate affordability on two different platforms and receive a very accurate indication of a home loan they can qualify for.  Added to such a service is […]