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Our Most Frequently Asked Questions From Home Sellers In Port-Elizabeth

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Selling a home can be a lengthy, complicated process involving many inter-related and sometimes confusing steps, especially for first-time sellers. There’s way more to it than just listing and collecting the check (and that, of course, is why agents are worth every bit of their commission). So, naturally, sellers usually have a slew of questions … Continued

7 Mistakes Home Sellers Make in Port-Elizabeth

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Even when it’s overwhelmingly a seller’s market, committing certain mistakes will drastically reduce your chances of selling your home when you want and at the price you want. One of the tallest hurdles to overcome here is achieving some emotional detachment from the place where you’ve lived for several years, a place filled with your … Continued

4 Home Appraisal Stories You Need to Stop Believing in port-elizabeth

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Whether you are a home buyer or seller, an appraisal is a key part of the whole process. And in many cases, a real estate valuation, an appraisal, seems to be purely arbitrary and overly complicated. Fundamentally, though, an appraisal is data-driven: it is simply an opinion about a home’s value derived from similar-housing data … Continued

How to design a room that grows with your child.

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Kids grow so fast, so make use of these clever design tips to ensure their bedrooms keep up with them. 1. Buy a crib that converts into a bed Cots and cribs can be really big investments, so it’s a waste when, after a couple of years, your child is too big for it. The … Continued

How To Stay Positive When Selling Your House in Port-Elizabeth

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  Very often people list their home for sale expecting a quick sale at the asking price, thinking buyers will immediately fall in love with it because they love it so much. But the reality is usually very different. Buyers see all the flaws, the price keeps getting negotiated down, and/or the house sits on … Continued

How to create an inviting guestroom.

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Expecting guests over the holidays? Learn how to create an inviting guestroom for family, friends or even paying holidaymakers… Start by getting sorted Letting go is never easy, but it is necessary, especially if you’re transforming a cluttered home office or messy crafts room into a hotel-worthy guest suite. Feel good about de cluttering by … Continued

Why a Municipal Clearance Certificate?

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  “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Albert Einstein Why does a transferring attorney have to obtain municipal clearance figures and a municipal clearance certificate from the municipality, in order to transfer a property onto a new Purchasers name? There are certain documents that a transferring attorney is required to lodge at … Continued

Now might be the right time for excellent property investments

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A long, long time ago the property sector of the JSE was a boring place for investors. It did not yield results higher than other more vibrant and faster growing sectors. But it was predictable, virtually guaranteed. How times have changed. In those days, landlords could more or less count on getting at least a … Continued

What to expect from the post-election property market

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As the excitement of the 2019 general elections begins to die down, the question on most citizens’ lips is, “What happens now?” For the property market, at least, predictions are cautiously optimistic. The property market is not out of the woods quite yet, but we are expecting a slow and steady improvement in activity and … Continued