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Nedbank Launches New Products

Before Nedbank goes public with its new brand campaign, it is strategically launching a platform of new and unique product offerings, to differentiate the financial institution, including two new Affinity programmes.

Boniswa Pezisa, Net#work BBDO’s Deputy MD says: “Over the years Nedbank has championed affinity marketing, which has enabled its clients to contribute towards sports, arts and culture and the conservation of endangered wildlife.

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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’.

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Now’s the Time to Stake Your Claim in the Property Market

18 December 2005

The bubble inflated, then burst, then inflated again. Now finally it looks as if property prices are seemingly slowing or even decreasing. According to Robyn Farrell, director of 1 st for Women, “Now could be the right time for South African women to take a page out of celebrity property moguls such as Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones’s book, and invest in the booming South African property market.”

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Real Estate – Managing Risk

23 January 2006

In the world of property investment, there are various points along the ‘just looking’ to ‘ready to sell’ spectrum. Protecting your investment takes on different hues at different points.

When first looking for property you have to consider the amount of ready cash available, the state of the current market, as well as your own level of experience with the many aspects of investing.

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Tips on Managing Risk — Part II

30 January 2006

Investors have a hard life. Rising insurance rates, legal liability, security concerns and increasing interest rates may not be actually conspiring to give them early heart attacks, but it can seem that way. Managing risk is in large part about how to lower uncertainty by dealing appropriately with those and other stress factors.

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More Affordable Housing Now a Critical Requirement

October 2006

The recent revelation by the Department of Housing that banks have to date advanced R16bn of the R42bn they agreed two years ago to lend to low-income earners has once again focused attention on SA’s need for more affordable new homes.

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Building Costs Rocket By 19%

17 October 2006

Pretoria – Building costs in South Africa are rocketing, according to anew report released yesterday by Industry Insight, a construction industry market intelligence firm.

Avenge building costs had increased by 19.1 percent year on year during the third quarter of this year compared with an annual increase of 11.4 percent in the second quarter and 52 percent in the first quarter. The increase was based on more than 60 projects awarded in Gauteng, the Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal.

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Property Prospects Still Buoyant

16 October 2006

The industry should absorb negative effects of interest-rate hikes, reports David Jackson. The South African property market remains in a relatively buoyant and upbeat phase, despite underlying concerns about rising inflation and a new round of interest-rate hikes.

The property and related construction industry is gearing up for four years of heightened activity in the build-up to the 2010 Soccer World Cup and the Gautrain project. And the buying power of first-time black home-owners in the residential property market is being recognised.

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Homeowners’ Bad Debt on the Rise

11 October 2006

Arrears on mortgage repayments are likely to rise sharply over the next few months unless homeowners start curbing their borrowing and spending. This is the message from Standard Bank economist Elna Moolman who’s view echoes that of other market commentators who in recent weeks have warned that consumers could be heading for a credit crunch on the back of rising interest rates.

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Value in Renovating Old Properties

2 October 2006

Homebuyers are often faced with the question of whether it makes more economic sense to buy a home and renovate or pay up for something that is in mint condition — so how should they decide?

Sharon Westcott of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty, Umhlanga says, “We recently sold an 86 square meter, 2 bedroomed, renovated apartment with very basic finishes, within walking distance of La Lucia mall for R859 000.

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