GOT BOND PRE-APPROVAL? HERE’S HOW TO KEEP IT
A mortgage originator can give you a pretty good idea of what you can afford before you start house hunting. But how can you be sure that the information is relatively accurate weeks (or months) later?
Tag Archives: debt
Rates on hold. Time to buy before the election?
Taken from the Mortgage Max newsletter of 29 March 2019. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank has once again decided to leave South Africa’s repo rate unchanged […]
STOP ACTING RICH AND START PLANNING FOR REAL WEALTH
Not all credit is created equal! Home loans can be used to build wealth other types of credit? Not so much…
HOW TO PROTECT AND GROW YOUR HOME EQUITY
Is your home a safe store of wealth? Is there such a thing as too much home improvement?
South Africa and Property in 2017
We look ahead at what the year might have in store…
Keep that credit history clean!
Late and failed payments might cost you BIG in the future.
Budget 2016: Speak softly and carry a big stick?
Perhaps Minister Gordhan’s conservative budget belies the power he is exerting behind the scenes? If he truly has real control over the finances of the country he is carrying a big stick indeed.
Debt Traps
While owing money is never great not all debts are created equal.
South Africa and Property in 2016
It is a gloomy forecast…
Death and Taxes
Currently South Africa is running at a budget deficit of around 4% of GDP. Government debt stands at 46% of GDP and continues to grow. Our growth rate is sluggish […]
Rates Watch: January 2015 – Thank you Oil!
Oil has placed a downward pressure on inflation which means there is no big reason for the SARB to increase the repo-rate
Trouble ahead? South Africa’s next Credit Amnesty.
Government hopes the new Credit Amnesty will be a boon but the banks say it will be lead to a credit crisis. Find out why.
