06 Jul
According to industry indicators, now is a good time to buy a home. With house prices and interest rates at a low level, purchasing your dream home is now an affordable reality. However, if you are like most people, coming up with the cash for a new home can be a challenge and it can be difficult figuring how to finance a home without own money. Read the rest of this article...
08 Dec
Before starting the homeownership or monthly mortgage installment ; take a minute to find out what goes into an installment since majority of the people this kind of knowledge is vast. Without carefully noted the rules of the mortgage installment it can quickly grow beyond our budget.
A monthly home loan installment contains three parts. First is your monthly repayment loan amount with capital and interest payments. Second is their monthly administration charge. Third is the insurance premium of the homeowner and sometimes life insurance premium also. Read the rest of this article...
25 Nov
South Africa is not immune to the current global credit crisis, and the evidence is showing in a couple of ways. First, home prices are dropping. According to statistics released by bond originator ooba, home prices have fallen 6.6 percent overall compared to October last year. In real terms, that means the averaged home priced at R803,908 last October would only be able to sell for R751,118 in October of this year. Read the rest of this article...