The Complete Guide to Buying & Owning a Home
For first-time buyers

The Complete Guide to Buying & Owning a Home

From overwhelmed renter to confident, prepared homeowner.

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What this guide is

A complete walkthrough of buying and owning your first home in South Africa — written with the same rigour an institutional analyst would apply to their own deal, translated into clear, practical steps for the everyday buyer.

What's inside

18 chapters.

  1. 01Should You Buy at All?
  2. 02Understanding Your ReadinessFree
  3. 03Understanding Your Credit Profile
  4. 04Defining What You're Looking For
  5. 05The SA Property Market
  6. 06Forms of Property Ownership
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We run the Home Buying Analyser on every deal we advise on. The guide teaches the thinking; the analyser does the maths.

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