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LATEST PROPERTY MARKET
NEWS
Feb
2009 - Now
is the time to buy in Cape Town, South Africa.
With
FIFA 2010 coming up, Cape Town South Africa remains an exciting
property investment and offers superior world class living for
it's residents.
Big-ticket home sales, which have been missing from the market
for months, have started to re-appear in the wake of improving
sentiment.
So says Shaun Ascough, MD of Sands Home Search
International who notes that in recent weeks the level of enquiries
from super prime property buyers has increased 5 fold from the
level we were experiencing in Qtr 4 2008.
Several luxury homes have been sold in SA, including some of the
finest property in the Southern Suburbs and the Atlantic Seaboard.
LATEST
NEWS:
Jan
2009 - £1.5million
buys you 'Heaven on Earth' in Upper
Constantia, Cape Town. 7 bed Upper Constantia Villa with
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"Last year there was only bad news Eskom,
Zimbabwe, higher interest rates and bigger deposits and
everyone froze in their tracks and put home purchasing on hold.
This year there is much good news among the bad, people have adjusted
to their new circumstances and things are starting to move again,"
he says.
Many of these multimillion-rand sales are cash
deals and so do not really depend on declining interest rates
but on improving sentiment. Prices have also declined substantially
and this always induces the shrewd market to come out of woodwork.
Public reports confirm that emigration has dropped
drastically and significant numbers of expats are returning to
South Africa as they flee the fallout of the financial crisis
in the UK, Europe and Australia. This is another positive for
SA in terms of meeting our skills shortage and creating jobs that
will ultimately boost housing demand.
Meanwhile, interest rates have fallen by a further
1% this week and are expected to fall further in the coming months.
Inflation is falling and disposable incomes improving, which is
already increasing the demand for housing.
"With FIFA 2010 Football World Cup just
around the corner it does appear that we are now on the threshold
of the bottom of the market and that a turn is in sight. Big-ticket
sales are a strong indicator of returning confidence and this
combined with an improving credit outlook should see prices stabilise
in the second half of the year."
Sands Home Search are property search & relocation agents who specialise in finding and acquiring the finest properties
for sale throughout the most sought after areas of Cape Town,
South Africa for retained private, corporate & international
clients.
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Property Search Requirements
LATEST
NEWS:
Jan
2009 - £1.5million
buys you 'Heaven on Earth' in Upper
Constantia, Cape Town. 7 bed Upper Constantia Villa with
the Best Views in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs.....read
more
If you require impartial advice on acquiring a prime property,
please contact one of our Directors:
Telephone
UK Office : +44 (0)1425 462 549
South Africa Office +27 (0)76 222 7518
Email
Email:
inbox@sandshomesearch.com
Website
www.sandshomesearch.com
Office
Address
UK postal address
Sands Home Search, Ashlington, Etchilhampton Road, Coate. Wiltshire. SN10 3LA
South Africa Office
Sands Home Search, Leopard Rock, 47 Price Drive, Constantia, Cape
Town. 7806
Thank you for your interest in our company.
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