The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep the repurchase rate at its current level of 8.25% per year, with effect from 22 September 2023. Stable repo rate a boost for home buyers Having seen the Reserve Bank raise the repo rate by a total of 475 basis points between November 2021 and May 2023…
The City of Cape Town’s wheeling pilot has kicked off, with private companies now supplying power to others using the city’s infrastructure. Wheeling is a process where electricity is bought and sold between private parties, using the existing grid to transport power from where it is generated to end-users that can be long distances apart.…
Almost 30 000 readers voted and ranked Cape Town as ‘The Greatest City on Earth‘ in the 2023 Telegraph Travel Awards. Since 2013, the majesty of Table Mountain, the glistening shores of Camps Bay, the scenic promise of the Cape Peninsula and the opulent fragrance of the Cape Wineland’s award-winning wines (among a plethora of other Mother…
CAPE TOWN 2022 Market predictions, trends and the end of Covid? 2022 has hit the ground sprinting which is why this article is 5 weeks late. Q4 2021 showed unprecedented levels of activity in sales and rentals including the Christmas period. There was no break for any agent worth their salt. Speaking to professionals in the industry,…
As we hurtle towards the end of 2021, the big shift in the market is the presence of international buyers in the last two weeks. The removal of the requirement to quarantine has brought much needed international visitors to South Africa. Two of the last three sales at Hardie Property have been to international buyers…
HARDIE PROPERTY CAMPAIGN #staylocalbuylocal When the borders open you might be keen to travel but we must all make a concerted effort to support local first and support our economy. When you buy a product, look to see where it is made. Could you buy it from a local producer? For many, product from abroad…
Lower end sales up to R4,000,000 and rentals at Hardie Property are incredibly busy. Speaking to fellow real estate friends, the same can be said for them. Why? After serious lock-down there is pent up frustration and people (buyers and tenants B&T’s ) want to move, can move and have different needs. In this article…
I had a catch up with Rory Jossel, one of the owners of Yu, situated on the Foreshore in the Onyx building. Yu is loved so much in our household that we celebrated our move in night a few weeks back with a Yu take away. Absolutely delicious but nothing like the experience of being…
Sue Bond Live with the pieces you love – a catch up with Sue Interior designer, art collector and animal lover. This is the intro to Sue’s Instagram page @suebondinteriors – this is also how Sue and I met in 2017. New to the world of Instagram and relatively new to living in Cape Town after arriving…
Homelessness is rife and more often than not, it is misunderstood. In 2019 I met Geoff Burton. In 1981, Geoff Burton found a message within himself that he wanted to open a place for the homeless to rebuild broken lives, be respected, acknowledged and not be dismissed. When I landed back in Cape Town in…