mortgage

Rates are down, but mortgage defaults keep rising. Why?

We have turned back the clock on interest rates in South Africa. The last time rates were this low was October 2006, yet the number of stressed mortgage bond holders continues to rise. Auction Alliance, SA’s largest auction house, defines a stressed homeowner as someone who is at least two months in arrears on bond [...]

Why are house prices falling?

Property Finance News: Falling house prices are usually a sign that the supply of homes for sale has exceeded demand. In other words, the number of homeowners looking to sell their properties exceeds the number of buyers in the market. The unique thing about the current condition of the South African property market is that, [...]