Creating Confidence in Credit Decisions
It's certainly alarming to note the significant number of accounts that have been opened with no intention of repayment over the past four years, totaling almost 1 million accounts with an exposure of more than three and a half billion Rand....
South Africans are daydreaming their way to a poorer future by keeping too great a portion of their investments in the country – despite massive under performance of JSE indices, falling real house prices and a future which looks equally bleak for those trying... 
We have seen how the Rand has been growing and competing with the US Dollar, it seems that it wont be like that for long.
The rand’s comeback against the dollar this month will run out of steam as US rates rise and the trade... 
Bond originator BetterBond points to a 4% increase in the number of home loans granted in the country over the past 12 months, despite the number of home loan applications falling off by a similar percentage.
“This increase is partly due to the fact that many home buyers...