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As part of the response to the coronavirus, the governments’ significant reduction of interest rates, the lowest in 50 years, has boosted the home ownership market. It manifested as a catalyst for recovery of a struggling pre-Covid sector, but the added benefit is that it opened up a market for the youth who are literally driving this […]

Wealth and status have long been a very effective buffer against many of life’s trials and tribulations, but Covid-19 has been the great leveller with no-one being exempt from the subsequent restrictions and fundamental changes to what was considered ‘normal life’. So says Chris Cilliers, CEO and Co-Principal for Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty in

Unless you’ve been living under a rock with no internet or cell reception, you will have been bombarded with cute, adorable, clever tiny house ideas. But is there any place for the tiny house movement here in South Africa, where most of the population live in ‘houses’ that would make a tiny house seem uber-luxurious?

Whenever I make the call for positive leadership in South Africa, to liberate the country’s incredible potential, what fascinates me is the criticism I receive for my naivety. People point to the challenges South Africa faces, and it’s certainly true they exist: GDP growth is at 0.8%, youth unemployment at 54.7%; we have a bloated public sector wage bill

Between 30% and 50% of the high net-worth individuals (HNWIs) around the world are planning to buy at least one additional luxury property within the next 12 months, compared to just 20% a year ago, according to the latest research conducted by Luxury Portfolio International© (LPI) and Leading Real Estate Companies of the World© (LeadingRE).

Seeff has clinched over R178 million in sales to foreign buyers across the Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl alone over the last four months alone including a luxury villa in Fresnaye sold in December for R36 million to a buyer from Dubai. The property will be their holiday home. Ross Levin, managing director for Seeff Atlantic