January 2010

October 2008

• ROSEBANK’S GRAND OLD HOMES OFFER GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES SAYS STEWARD
• RONDEBOSCH’S GOLDEN MILE STILL THE FIRST CHOICE OF THE TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN SUBURBS FAMILY
• EXCELLENT CAPE TOWN OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS AND INVESTORS LOOKING TO GET IN WHERE THE DEMAND IS STRONGEST
• BRAND NEW, SOPHISTICATED UPPER KENILWORTH HOME WOULD SUIT THOSE WITH AMBITIONS
• ONE UNIT AVAILABLE AT SOUGHT-AFTER NEWLANDS TOWNHOUSE PROJECT
  
• OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT INVESTORS ABLE TO CASH IN ON DEMAND FOR STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
  
• FURTHER SIGNS OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RECOVERY NOW BECOMING EVIDENT
  
• APKF STRENGTHENS ITS CONSTANTIA TEAM
  
• WORLD FINANCIAL WOES HAVE ALTERED APKF’S BUYER PROFILE
  
• CAPE PROPERTY
  
• UK RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC FALLOUT
  
• SOUTHFIELD AND SIMILAR AREAS OFFER EXCELLENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

September 2008

• LANICE STEWARD GIVES HER REASONS FOR “TOTAL” CONFIDENCE IN SA RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
  
• TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATION OF VOETSTOOTS CLAUSE CONFIRMED BY NEW COURT RULING
  
• WORLD’S TOP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES CONTINUE TO BE SEEN AS A SAFE HAVEN INVESTMENT
  
• PLUMSTEAD HOUSE AVAILABLE AT UNDER R1,5 MILLION
  
• ONGOING MAINTENANCE IS THE KEY TO ENHANCING THE VALUE OF A HOME
  
• IT IS STILL DIFFICULT TO GET AN INDICTMENT ON A NEW BUILDING LIKELY TO OBSCURE YOUR VIEW
  
• CAPE PROPERTY
  
• WORK GOES AHEAD ON CONSTANTIA’S TOP-RANGE SECURITY ESTATE
  
• CONSTANTIA RETAINS ITS APPEAL FOR PROPERTY BUYERS
  
• THE OUTLOOK FOR SA RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY PROVIDED INTEREST RATES DO NOT RISE
  
• Advice from a property expert:  get into the market now even if you have to make substantial sacrifices
  
• CAPE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
  
• More countries registering falls as global house price inflation continues to slow
• LOWER CONSTANTIA STILL OFFERS GREAT VALUE SAYS APKF MD

August 2008

• GREEN POINT STADIUM WILL RAISE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA
  
• ONE SCARCE EVERGREEN UNIT COMES UP FOR SALE
  
• APKF MD WARNS:  IF YOU ARE PLANNING RENOVATIONS TO A HOME CHECK ITS AGE, IT MAY BE CLASSED AS ‘HISTORIC’
• FOREIGN BUYERS OF SA PROPERTY STILL MUCH IN EVIDENCE SAYS APKF MD
  
• STREAMLINING OF PROPERTY CLEARANCE PROCESS A REALITY
• RESIDENTIAL SELLERS STILL NOT FACING REALITY

July 2008

• RESIDENTIAL RENTALS RISE IN RESPONSE TO HOUSING DOWNTURN
  
• LIGHT ON THE HORIZON
  
• PROPERTY BUYERS HAVE INALIENABLE RIGHTS WHICH, IF IGNORED, CAN INVALIDATE THEIR OFFER
  
• STEWARD EXPLAINS THE 72 HOUR CLAUSE
  
• AUCTIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE IDEAL WAY TO SELL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
  
• IMPRESSIVE PLUMSTEAD HIGH SECURITY BOUTIQUE APARTMENT COMPLEX LAUNCHING ON 2ND AUGUST
  
• GRACIOUS VICTORIAN HOME COMES ONTO THE MARKET
  
• CAPE RESEDENTIAL PROPERTY
  

June 2008

• AREAS CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES NOW THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN A HOUSE PURCHASE
  
• CAPE PROPERTY PINELANDS, SAYS LANICE STEWARD, IS STILL ONE OF CAPETOWNS "SECRETS"
  
• STEWARD REJECTS GLOOM AND DOOM OUTLOOK FOR CAPE PROPERTY

May 2008

• PRIME INTERNATIONAL PROPERTIES STILL BUCK THE DOWNWARD TREND - AND ATTRACT HNWI BUYERS
• CRITERIA FOR ATTRACTING FOREIGN PROPERTY BUYERS SPELT OUT BY APKF
• UPMARKET SECURITY DEVELOPMENT FOR KLEIN CONSTANTIA ROAD

April 2008

• NUMBER OF SHOWHOUSES AND SHOWHOUSE VISITORS WELL UP ON LAST YEAR
• SA PROPERTY SELLING
• CAPE PROPERTY SELLING
• THE CONSTITUTIONAL BASE OF THE NEW EXPROPRIATION ACT
• FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS THERE ARE NOW MANY HOUSES FOR SALE IN LOWER CONSTANTIA – APKF AGENTS
• DIRE NEED FOR SECURITY ESTATES IN LOWER CONSTANTIA, SAY APKF AGENTS
  

March 2008

• UNIQUE BISHOPSCOURT HOME UP FOR SALE 
• 30% PLUS OF SA EXPATS IN THE UK PLAN TO OWN SA PROPERTY – 10% ALREADY DO
• CURRENT SOUTH AFRICAN INTEREST RATES ARE IN THE BOTTOM ONE-THIRD BRACKET OF THE LAST 21 YEARS
• CONSTANTIA’S “THE AVENUES” CONTINUES TO ATTRACT BUYERS AND SEE REGULAR PRICE INCREASES - APKF AREA AGENT
• 2010 FEVER IS FIRING UP INTEREST IN CAPE PROPERTY - LANICE STEWARD
• ADVICE TO THOSE BUYING ON PLOT AND PLAN - SCAN THE CONTRACT FOR LOOPHOLES THAT COULD BENEFIT THE DEVELOPER
• HOMEOWNERS MUST HAVE THEIR TITLE DEEDS TO HAND WHEN SELLING A PROPERTY
• RONDEBOSCH HOME FOR SALE HAS A STATE-OF-THE-ART TREE HOUSE
  

February 2008

• APKF AGENTS RING THE BELL FIVE TIMES IN ONE DAY
• AVANT GARDE ZWAANSWYK HOME NOW ON THE MARKET
• TRYING TO INCREASE YOUR MORTGAGE LOAN BY EXAGGERATING YOUR INCOME NOT A PLOY ANYONE SHOULD ADOPT, SAYS ANNE PORTER KNIGHT FRANK MD
• LAST EIGHT UNITS RELEASED AT “THE GEORGIAN” IN WYNBERG
• NEWLANDS STILL OFFERS GOOD VALUE - ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PREPARED TO REFURBISH AND UPGRADE

January 2008

• CONSTANTIA’S “SOUTHERN COMFORT” COMES ON THE MARKET
• KLEIN CONSTANTIA ROAD DEVELOPMENT GIVEN A FREER REIN – BUYERS CAN CHOOSE THEIR OWN HOUSE SIZES

December 2007

• HOMEBUYERS ARE MOVING INTO THE CAPE’S COUNTRY DISTRICTS
• DEMAND FOR SEA POINT / GREEN POINT APARTMENTS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH

November 2007

ANNE PORTER KNIGHT FRANK TO REPRESENT THE CAPE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SECTOR AT THREE DAY “BLACK DIAMOND” FESTIVAL
• REMOVAL OF UNCERTAINTY WILL ENSURE SA’s HOUSE PRICE GROWTH IS STEADY FOR THREE YEARS, SAYS ANNE PORTER KNIGHT FRANK MD
• SECTIONAL TITLE OWNERS DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ALTER THEIR PROPERTIES INDISCRIMINATELY
• SLOW DOWN IN CAPE PROPERTY SALES IS MUCH EXAGGERATED
  
• CHECK THE INSURANCE POLICY ON YOUR GEYSER
• APKF STRIKE GOLD IN UPPER CONSTANTIA
• ANNE PORTER KNIGHT FRANK NOW SELLING IN KNYSNA

October 2007

• LONDON AND UK RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY STILL SOUGHT AFTER BY SOUTH AFRICANS
  
• ANNE PORTER STOKE UP A “GAIL FORCE” FOR WYNBERG AREA
• COURTS NOW TAKING A STRICTER VIEW OF ILLEGAL PLAN DEPARTURES – ESPECIALLY IF A VIEW IS OBSCURED
• ONE OF UPPER CONSTANTIA’S FEW TRULY ENGLISH HOMES COMES ON THE MARKET