Absa’s House Price Index confirms that house prices are still very weak in 2009 , however their analysts believe that the property market should start inproving during early 2010. According to the study for the period to June 2009 , house prices declined [...]

Good news for consumers and anyone with debt , the Monetary Poilicy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) cut the Repo rate by 100 basis point. This is pretty much in line with what the markets were expecting and equities and the Rand all responded well to this positive news.
Reserve Bank Governor [...]