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Lower interest rates & 100% bonds boost property prices

The lowering of interest rates has historically had a delayed effect on property prices. It was no different this time around. According to the latest ABSA House Price Index, low interest rates has been one of the major reasons for the recent increase in property prices.

Prime interest rate stays at 10.5%, despite many calls for a cut in the lending rates

Home Loan News: interest rates The South Africa Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee completed their first meeting of the year 2010, with an announcement from the new governor that interest rates will remain unchanged. The prime interest rate will remain at 10.5%; despite many calls for a cut in the lending rates. The Reserve Bank Governor, [...]

SARB decides not to cut Interest Rates

The South African Reserve Bank announced on Tuesday 22, September 2009 that interest rates will remain unchanged for the next few months, until the Monetary Policy Committee meets again later this year. If you are looking to buy a property soon, you may not find a better time than the present.

Prime Interest Rate remains unchanged at 11%

The South African Reserve Bank made a surprising decision today to keep interest rates unchanged. The general expectation was that the SARB would announce a 0.5% cut, but the inflation figures are clearly beginning to worry the Governor, Tito Mboweni.

Interest Rates cut to 11%

Home Loan Interest Rate News: Interest Rates cut to 11% The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) governor, Tito Mboweni, today announced a 1% drop in the repo rate from 8.5% to 7.5%. This is the fifth successive rate cut since Jun 08. The prime interest rate now drops to 11%. We last experienced interest rates of [...]

Rates are down, but mortgage defaults keep rising. Why?

We have turned back the clock on interest rates in South Africa. The last time rates were this low was October 2006, yet the number of stressed mortgage bond holders continues to rise. Auction Alliance, SA’s largest auction house, defines a stressed homeowner as someone who is at least two months in arrears on bond [...]

Why are house prices falling?

Property Finance News: Falling house prices are usually a sign that the supply of homes for sale has exceeded demand. In other words, the number of homeowners looking to sell their properties exceeds the number of buyers in the market. The unique thing about the current condition of the South African property market is [...]