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When a possible buyer looks at home what factors influence him most? Lanice Steward says that lighting is quite possibly the most undervalued and under-appreciated factor in homes...

The MD of Anne Porter Knight Frank, who has just returned to Cape Town after travelling to three continents and eight cities, says that it is now absolutely clear to her that Cape Town property values are still "exceptionally reasonable" by international standards, particularly for those buying with First World currencies...

In the final part of our series on Jozi's oldest buildings, we visit Parktown's The View, the Windybrow theatre and a real coppersmith's workshop. By Lucille Davie...

The 13th village in the much sought after Le Domaine residential development in Hillcrest will be open for viewing from Sunday 11th March 2007. Village de Dauphine is one of the smaller French-inspired villages offered by Le Domaine and will be available for initial occupancy in June of this year...

Wide-sweeping redevelopment of Westville's major commercial and retail centres, including the landmark Pavilion Shopping Centre, is evidence of a new wave of confidence in the suburb that is already experiencing a resurge of activity in its residential property market. By Ingrid Smit...

In the wake of a four year boom that has seen its property prices more than double, Cape Town is stamped with the word unaffordable in the minds of not only entry level buyers but also a growing number of middle income earners. By Ingrid Smit...

The national average selling price of properties in South Africa is now almost R900k, but East London still offers buyers and investors many worthwhile properties for less than this...

A new, purpose-built Bombani Safe House for Abused Women opened in Alexandra last month, where up to 20 women and their children will be able to get help. By Ndaba Dlamini...

The new R733m Silverstar Casino resort planned for Krugersdorp is scheduled for completion in November 2007...

A new lifestyle development is being constructed in the sleepy West Coast village of Laaiplek, with individual title plots on sale priced from R480k...

Units in the many new residential developments in and around Ballito on KwaZulu-Natal's north coast are starting to attract significant attention from international buyers...

The quiet residential enclave of Bantry Bay, wedged between Sea Point and Clifton on Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard, has become the address of choice among discerning buyers in the Mother City...

"The Sands", a R32 million 36 unit apartment development on Tritonia Road in Blaauwbergrand, just one and a half blocks from the beachfront, is now all-but complete and occupation is scheduled to begin this month...

Commercial property owners are reporting renewed interest in office space in the Randburg CBD, a trend that is starting to boost demand for middle-income residential property in the area. By Joan Muller...

Strand-based property developers Kunye Properties are now busy with the last of several phases at their affordable apartment project, Soteria, sited off Chicago Avenue at the Western Cape's Strand, about one kilometre back from the beachfront...

Home sales at trendy and upmarket Melrose Arch in Johannesburg are on the boil. So much so that sales are now nudging R350-million, and little more than 10 per cent of units still remain on offer...

Those investors who got themselves ApexHi units in March 2001 when the company had listed its A and B structure, had realised a total yield of 386% over 70 months of trade until end December...

A new retirement development in KZN's Shelley Beach is being sold with sectional titles rather than with the 'Life Rights' model used by the town's two other retirement villages...

More than R440m worth of real estate transactions made 2006 the most frenetic year in the history of the pristine Zimbali coastal resort...

In recent times the KZN North Coast has seen an unprecedented run of development and investor value being gained whilst the South Coast has only seen pockets of development happening. It seems now that the spill-over from the North Coast has begun...