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A Social Audit Conducted on IHS Residential Units: What Are the Derived Social Benefits of Occupying Affordable Housing in South Africa?
Early this year, International Housing Solutions (HIS): a private firm that focuses on the development of residential properties commissioned Professor Francois Viruly to undertake research to better...
Developing Kenya’s Mortgage Market
This report, published by the World Bank (Report No. 63391-KE), provides a highly detailed and data-rich picture of Kenya's mortgage market. Exploring issues of housing demand and supply, the...
FFC Presentation on new paradigm for SA housing policy
Despite the government delivering more than 3 million fully subsidised housing units to poor households over the past 17 years, South Africa still has a backlog of over 2 million houses, which is...
A State Construction Company for the Delivery of Housing in South Africa?
It has been reported in the Business Day today, that the South African Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale, in his Budget Vote delivery in Parliament on the 9th of May 2012, proposed a state...
Africa and Asia will Account for 86% of Urban World Population by 2050
Every second year the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs releases population estimates and projections of the urban and rural populations of all countries worldwide. The 2011...
How will South Africa’s new FLISP subsidy work?
There has been a lot of interest in the design of the new housing subsidy announced by President Zuma in his State of the Nation Address in February, and many questions have been coming into this...
The effects of interest rates on Consumer Vulnerability
MBD Credit Solutions, in collaboration with Unisa’s Bureau of Market Research (BMR) have released the 2011 4th quarter Consumer Financial Vulnerability Index (CFVI). The South Africa index measures...
Ghana Business report [Housing]: where to from here?
Ghana’s housing deficit currently stands at 1.6 million units, and escalates with each passing year. A programme by the Ghana Business Report recently explored four reasons contributing to the...
Understanding the ENTIRE residential property market
It is a common habit to monitor the health of the property market from the perspective of our own homes. Whether or not property prices are on the rise or falling, we understand these developments...
Will the extended housing subsidy in South Africa work?
Hi Kecia i saw a repossessed house for R60,000 and i realy want it can i go for the susidy and ask them to put...
Will the extended housing subsidy in South Africa work?
Hello Phozisa. I'm afraid you don't qualify for the subsidy. The FLISP subsidy is targeted at households with...
Will the extended housing subsidy in South Africa work?
Hi there have recently bought a new house mortgage bond of R330000 earning R10000 before deductions my spouse...