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Why Should I Consider Standard Bank Home Loans Over Another Lending Institution?

If you currently live in South Africa, then you are very familiar with Standard Bank, and the Standard Bank Home Loans for it is one of the largest lending Banks located in South Africa., and their highly touted loans can be found in most neighborhoods already. 

There are always various lending institutions that will give you a bank home loan, but only Standard Bank can give you Standard Bank Home loans. Their loans are special, as they will present you with a wider selection of loans than most banks can do.

Standard Bank Home Loans

The home buying process and especially your home loan, is a long-term commitment and not something you do every day. You need to be correctly informed before making any decisions. It is always a good thing if you can put some money towards a deposit for your new home, but Standard Bank have some options available for those of you who don’t have the deposit available. The deposit is usually 20% of the cost of your home.

Nedbank to give 100% home loans

Following in its competitors footsteps Nedbank has decided to relax its deposit requirements for home loans and in certain circumstances grant 100% home loans.  Nedbank’s decision comes as no surprise as  Absa announced last month that they will consider approving 110% mortgage bonds to clients who earn less than R11,000 per month. Absa was the first Bank to provide relief to people in the low-income bracket.

Following a tough 18 months for people selling their properties and estate agents this positive news is a welcome sign of improving economic conditions. The past year and a half witnessed thousands of property industry jobs being shed due to the dramatic drop in sales volume in the property market.

FNB presents: ‘Loans of Our Lives’

Issued by: C-Cubed Communications

First National Bank (FNB) has followed its highly entertaining launch and awareness campaigns for the One Account with a tongue-in-cheek take on one of television’s most successful ‘soapies’ – Days of Our Lives.

Developed by FNB’s marketing partner, FCB Johannesburg, the new One Account campaign is called ‘Loans of Our Lives’.

FNB throws its weight behind industry professionalism

28 November 2006 First National Bank’s (FNB) Home Loans Division has taken a giant step towards realising its four-year-old vision of increasing real estate professionalism with the launch of the FNB’s Real Estate Business School (REBS).