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  • Home loans remain elusive

    Bonds remain hard to get and estate agents claim that applications are drowning in NCA red tape...
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  • Marcus gets it right

    The new Reserve Bank Governor is doing the right thing for markets, an economist says.
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  • Emigration: cash it in?

    Emigrating? Should cash in your pension, and bear the tax, or transfer it to a Preservation Fund?
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  • The '35-25-35' principle

    Budget How the '35-25-35' budget principle can ensure you effectively spend your monthly income...
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  • Budget

    How to budget

    The disease? Overspending. The cure? Drawing up a budget. Kabous le Roux on how to do it...
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    What we waste money on

    What do you waste money on? Most respondents in a new poll seem to agree...

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    'Economy needs rate cut'

    Property sale Pam Golding Property says a rate cut would have been good news for the economy and consumers.

    Hopes for January cut

    Sarb's decision to keep rates on hold is not surprising and there could be a cut in January.

    The end of rate cuts?

    The Reserve Bank's decision to halt interest rates does not rule out further easing.

    Rates in a stale position

    Gill Marcus The South African Reserve Bank left interest rates unchanged on Tuesday.

    All eyes on SARB

    Market attention will be focused even more than usual on the interest rate decision.

    Mortgage trends in SA

    36.7 percent of buyers pay cash. This and other insights from a mortgage trend study...

    Civil debt summonses soar

    Debt The number of civil summonses issued for debt has increased, Statistics SA said on Thursday.

    Store cards booming

    Most of SA's credit growth is due to a boom in store cards and personal loans.

    SA: near cashless society

    A new poll suggests that many in SA need only cards and the internet to transact.

    Accounts to be corrected

    A system failure on 3 November that affected most card holders in SA will be corrected.