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SOMERSETWEST:MARKET SWINGS IN FAVOUROF SELLERS
Eagerbuyers create stock shortage
DALEEN FOUCH
The high demand in local prop-
erty has swung the local proper-
tymarket fromabuyersmarket
to a sellers market.
Juan de Jager, principal of
DynamicRealtors, says themarket
in Somerset West has changed
from a buyers market to a sellers
market, because of the shortage in
stock.
He says properties priced
R1,8 million and lower are in high
demand and sellers have realised
this and are putting up the proper-
ty prices accordingly. De Jager,
however, says the buyers market
has not yet caught up with this
change andmany still believe they
can wait a week before placing a
offer on a property. De Jager says
this is no longer possible adding
that buyers will have to adjust to
the changes.
Property prices have also in-
creased because of the high de-
mand for local property. He, how-
ever, explains that the Somerset
West market is very unique and
does not always align with the
trends in the rest of the country.
De Jager says the Somerset West
property market is currently very
lively.
J.D. Lombard, estate agent for
RE/MAX Helderberg, agrees with
de Jager and says stock across the
Helderberg is inveryhighdemand.
He says since the beginning of
the year, there has been quite a bit
of movement in the property mar-
ket with RE/MAX Helderberg sell-
ing over R50 millionworth of prop-
erty in April. The problem is that
there is a shortage of stock.
According to Lombard, estate
agents in the RE/MAX Helderberg
office all have a list of potential
buyers, who are waiting for their
dream property to enter the mar-
ket.
Lombard explains that houses,
apartments and flats that are
priced right, sell very quickly.
Property priced between R900 000
and upwards is very popular and
in high demand.
Property in areas like Parel Val-
lei and Land En Zeezicht, go very
quickly.
Lombard says one property in
Victoria Park was recently sold at
a record price for R935 000 by an in-
dividualwhowished tomakean in-
vestment. Lombard says people
cannot gowrongwhen investing in
property, and especially encour-
age youngadults and families to in-
vest in flats, even if this has to be
done in partnership with a friend
or family member. Lombard says
the reason for property being such
a great investment, is because of
the shortage in property stock. He
says the result of this is that many
families choose to rent a property
rather than buying a house that
does not suit their needs.
A DAY OF CHARITY: The
local Keller Williams team is
heading out to the Somerset
West Garden Community
Centre and Village Kids in
Garden Village Centre today
(8 May) to offer up a day of
community work. This initia
tive forms part of the sixth
annual Keller Williams Realty
RED (Renew, Energize and
Donate) Day. The Keller Wil
liams team will be supplying
lunch at the event and will
also be offering the kids and
pensioners entertainment
throughout the day and
planting some trees. Wayne
Heidmann, Regional Manager
KW Cape Town, says this is
Keller Williams at its best.
RED Day is a oneday ex
pression of what happens
24/7 in the Keller Williams
culture. It is about seeing a
need, discovering who can
meet that need and then get
ting it done! Please feel free
to put on something RED and
join our team.
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Real estateasa career
I often have people
come and speak tome
about themeritsofbe-
coming an estate
agent. At first glance
it would look like an
easyway to earn good
money with flexible
hours, huge commis-
sions, and really not
much skill required.
Wrong.
Its true there are
many estate agents.
But relatively few are
successful, with the
80/20 Pareto princi-
ple meaning that
80% of all real estate
sales are concluded
by 20% of the agents.
So what makes a
good estate agent? Somemay think its
a love for property. Whilst we do sell
property, thebestestateagentsaresuc-
cessful because they understand peo-
ple. Our customers are people with
needs and expectations. The best
agents are skilled in listening to their
customers, identifying their needs,
and then proposing a product or serv-
ice that meets those needs.
Foranagent tohave those skills they
need to take a genuine interest in their
clients. If youve ever dealt with an es-
tate agent before, or any salesperson
for thatmatter, youwill agree that you
cantellwithinminuteswhois interest-
ed in your needs vs. who is interested
in their commission.
The best estate agents are seriously
goal driven and self-disciplined. An
agent only gets paid for results, not for
turning up at the office. Their drive
anddeterminationusuallymeans long
workinghoursat timeswhentheircus-
tomers are available after hours and
onweekends. This comes at a price, of-
ten impacting on
their families.
Whilst the hours
may be flexible, the
reality is that the
most successful
agents work much
longer and harder
than a salaried per-
son.
Real estate can be
a very emotional
business. We deal
with peoples
dreams. We help
them sell the home
their children grew
up in, with all the
memories and emo-
tion attached. We as-
sist our sellers to ad-
just their emotional
pricing expectations to the market re-
ality.We help our customers negotiate
these emotions, often at great emotion-
al expense to ourselves.
The best estate agents appreciate
were not dealingwith bricks andmor-
tar were dealing with peoples lives,
and with what is usually their biggest
financial investment.
And of course, there is the disap-
pointment agents experience when,
throughno fault of their own, sales fall
through. Great estate agents have the
emotional strength to deal with these
emotional highs and lows.
Another characteristic of the best
agents is that theydont shyaway from
the difficult conversation. Honest and
open communication with their cus-
tomers is critical to assisting them.
Sometimes thismeans the agent needs
to deliver information to a client that
will not bewell received.This requires
courage, as the messenger is often the
shot down for delivering the infor-
mation
Talking Property, by Steve
CaradocDavies, principal of
Harcourts Platinum
EXPERTOPINION
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Biggest and Best Property guide in the Boland
SOLD bied die grootste en maklikste
toegang tot die mark vir
eiendomkopers en -verkopers in die
Boland.
021 870 4600
021 841 4285
021 887 2840
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PAARL/WELLINGTON
Biggest and Best Property guide in the Boland
SOLD bied die grootste en maklikste toegang tot die
mark vir eiendomkopers en -verkopers in die Boland.
021 870 4600
021 841 4285
021 887 2840
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NUWESANDERO: 900CC TURBO-ENJIN
Taaikleinkragbronverras
JOHAN MOUTON
Toe die eerste Sandero n paar
jaar gelede op die mark gekom
het,hetdit gouheelwataanhan-
gersopsleeptougehaddieprys
was reg, die krag (tog effe flou)
enspasievoldoende,maarnieso
lig op brandstof soos sommige
vansymededingersnie.Nouhet
Renault die Sandero heeltemal
verfris met n nuwe voorkoms
en nnuweenjin n900cm tur-
bo. Suid-Afrika is een van die
eerste lande waar die nuwe Re-
naultSanderoopdiemarkis.Na
die suksesvandievorigeSande-
ro en onlangs die nuwe Renault
Duster, het die maatskappy be-
sluit om gou die nuwe Sandero
na die vertoonvensters in Suid-
Afrka te bring en dit ten volle
gemonteer ingevoer. Voertuie
wat minder as R150 000 kos
maak 21% van die passasiers-
motormark uit.
Die nuwe Sandero is nou regtig
n mooi voertuig en is op die plat-
vorm van die nuutste Clio ontwik-
kel. Die duurder van die twee op-
sies het ook misligte voor in die
buffer. Voor het dit groot hoofligte
en n bre sierrooster met die pro-
minente Renault-kenteken wat in
die middel pryk. Die agterligte is
kleiner, meer vierkantig en is laer
geplaas en van agter lyk die Sande-
ro brer en platter.
Die materiaal wat binne in die
kar gebruikwordhet n tasbare ge-
voel van gehalte. Die sitplekke is
stewig en gee goeie ondersteuning.
Die instrumentepaneel lyk netjies
enmodernmet n sagte, duursame
gevoel.DieSanderoistoegerusmet
meeste van die luukshede en toe-
rusting wat mens in duurder mo-
delle sal verwag.
Die groot verandering is die nu-
we enjin. Die vorige model het n
1 400 (55kW, 112 Nm) enjin of 1 600
(64kW, 128Nm) enjin gehad, maar
die nuwe een het n 900 enjin en n
turbo-aanjaer,wat66kWen135Nm
ontwikkel, dus meer as wat enige
van die vorige twee enjins ontwik-
kel. Verder is die enjintoere waar-
teen maksimum wringkrag ont-
wikkel word 2 500 r/min teenoor
die 3 000 r/min van die vorige en-
jins: 90% van die wringkrag is al
teen 2 000 r/min beskikbaar en die
Sandero voel op die pad in alle om-
standighede sterker. Jy kan gerief-
lik die Sandero op die lang pad
neem en heerlik teen normale tog-
snelhede ry met nog voldoende
krag om stadiger voertuie verby te
gaan. Omdat die Sandero die enig-
ste kar in sy klas is wat met n tur-
bo-enjin toegerus is, gee dit hom
dievoordeeldatdiedun lugvandie
Hoveld die werkverrigting nie so
veel benadeel nie.
Ander sterkpunte van die klein
900 cm turbo-enjin is laer brand-
stofverbruik en minder skadelike
uitlaatgasse. (DieSanderoisvryge-
stel van CO belasting).
Die Sandero is het 15 wiele en
is toegerus met 185x65R15 bande.
Die rit en hantering is goed en baie
gemaklik en ongelykhede op die
pad word maklik geabsorbeer. Dit
het n vyf-spoed ratkaswat nou nie
die gladste is wat ek al tegekom
het nie,maar dit is steeds heel aan-
vaarbaar.
Die Sandero beskik oor n hele
aantalveiligheidskenmerke,meer
as enige van ander kleinmotors in
sy prysklas. Die standaard ABS en
EBD is die nuwe Sandero ook toe-
gerusmet EBA (noodremhulp) sta-
biliteitsbeheer, vastrapbeheer en
opdraand-wegtrekbeheer.
Daar is twee weergawes van die
Sandero luikrugomvantekies:die
intreevlak Expression en diemeer
luukse Dynamique. Van buite is
daarminverskilenmeganies isdie
twee dieselfde,maar van buite kan
die duurder Dynamique aan sy al-
looiwiele, gekleurde buitespiels ,
deurhandvatselsenmisligteuitge-
ken word.
Binneisdiebelangriksteverskil-
le spoedbeheer, elektriese buite-
spiels en elektriese ruite aan al
vier deure (Expression: net voor).
Die Dynamique het vier lugsakke
waar die Expression net twee het.
Die Sandero vergelyk baie goed
met die ander fabrikate in sy prys-
klas op die mark in Suid-Afrika
soos die VW Polo Vivo, Ford Figo
en Toyota Etios. Waar die vorige
Sandero bilik geprys was t.o.v. sy
mededingers, was dit swaarder op
brandstof. Die nuwe Sandero met
sy 900cm turbo-enjin is nog steeds
billik, maar nou het dit beter ver-
bruik as die ander fabrikate en het
selfs nog meer krag. Al is sy enjin
die kleinste, is sy kragnouvandie-
selfde orde as die res.
Dan is daar nog luukshede soos
lugreling, elektriese vensters
voor, radio met CD en MP3 (slegs
standaard in die Figo) en n sentra-
le sluitstelsel met afstandbeheer
watnie (of as n ekstra opsie) bydie
ander ingesluit is nie.
Die Sandero kom met n vyfjaar
of 150 000km waarborg en n twee-
jaar of 30 000km diensplan en daar
is tweeopsiesomvantekies,naam-
lik die Expression, teen R133 900 ,
en die Dynamique teen R141 500.
Galimoto Media
Die duursame stoffering wat binnein die kar gebruik word skep n gevoel van gehalte. FOTO: QUICKPIC
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Limited-editionAudi TTSCoup competitiononsale
QUICKPIC
Audi is celebrating a production
milestone for its compact sports
car, theAudi TT,with an exclusive
specialeditionmodelcalledtheTTS
competition.Only25oftheseexclu-
sive units have been allocated to
South Africa, with 200 kW power,
quattro all-wheel drive and a
slick-shifting six-speed S-tronic
transmission
This limited edition TTSmodel fus-
es exclusivity with impressive per-
formance. With world-wide produc-
tion limited to only 500 units, the TTS
is sure to become a collectors item,
with the majority of the 25 units al-
ready committed to customers in
South Africa.
Theproductionof the500 000thAudi
TT documents the success of the com-
pact sports car,whichachieved iconic
status when the very first generation
debuted as a coup in 1998. It im-
pressedwith its 2+2 seatingandvaria-
ble luggage compartment, and set the
standard for its technology: potent
downsized turbo engines, quattro all-
wheel drive for the high-end models
and six-speed S tronic, which debuted
in the model series in 2003.
The second generation, which fol-
lowed in 2006/2007, marked the first
time Audi that reversed the weight
spiral. The ASF (Audi Space Frame)
body, made predominately of alumi-
num, made the new version up to 90
kilograms lighter than the previous
model, giving strong performance
with very low fuel consumption.
TheAudiTTSCoup competition is
available exclusively in the special
paintfinishesImolaYelloworNimbus
Grey, and its exterior calling card is
afixedrearwingwithmatt aluminum-
bars and 18-inch wheels.
The 2,0 TFSI engine defines the dy-
namic character of theAudiTTS com-
petition with its 200 kW and 350 Nm
of torque. Paired with the six-speed S
tronic, it accelerates the Coup from
0 to 100 km/h in 5,3 seconds. Average
fuel consumption is 7,7 litres per 100
kilometres and an acceleration from 0
to100km/hin5,5seconds; quattroper-
manent all-wheel drive delivers the
power to the road, and the top speed
is electronically limited to 250 km/h.
TheImpulseleatherpackageinsteel
greydominates the interiorof theTTS
competition and uses characteristic
leather bands as decorative elements.
Their cut edgesaredyed Imolayellow,
and this same shade of yellow is used
for the contrasting stitching. Alumi-
num badges on the door trims em-
bossedwith 1 of 500 further accentu-
ate the exclusivity of the special edi-
tion model.
There are no options available for
the limited edition Audi TTS Coup
competitionandall features, fromxe-
non-plusheadlights to aluminiumin-
lays , areavailableasstandardequip-
ment in this exciting new model and
make thispackageanextremelycom-
petitive offer for themotoring enthu-
siast looking for exclusivity.
The following equipment is availa-
ble as standard:
MMI Satellite Navigation
Xenon-plus headlights with LED
daytimerunning lights and rearLED
light clusters
quattro all-wheel drive
Acoustic parking system
Auto-dimming interior mirror
with light and rain sensor
Bluetooth connectivity
Bose sound system
Electric seats with lumbar sup-
port
Increased aluminium trim on
steeringwheel andclimate control
switches, mirror adjuster
LED interior lighting package
S Sports suspension
Quad exhaust pipes
Special TTS instrument dials
with dynamic needle progression
Trip computer with lap timer
Flat bottom steering wheel
TheAudiTTScompetitionisavail-
ableincoupbodystyleonlyandwill
be priced as follows in the launch
monthofMay.Thisincludesthefive-
year/100 000km Audi Freeway Plan
whichispossibletoextendtothesev-
en-year/200 000km option:
Price:theAudiTTSCoupecompe-
tition 2.0T quattro S-tronic sells for
R664 500
The 2.0 TFSI engine defines the dynamic character of the Audi TTS competi
tion with its 200 kW and 350 Nm of torque. PHOTO: QUICKPIC
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Toyotas
new-look
Yaris
QUICKPIC
ToyotasupgradedYariswill embarkon
a new era when it is released onto the
South African market during the sec-
ond half of this year.
The images released todayreveal amodel
which delivers greater emotional appeal
by sporting Toyotas signature front-end
design, imbuing thenewcomerwith amore
contemporary family look evident in
cars like the Auris, Corolla and the all-new
Aygo (not due in SA before 2015).
The new Yaris embraces Toyotas con-
temporary design language with a full-
width upper grille that extends into new
triangular headlamps.
It also incorporates a deeper front bump-
er with a large trapezoidal lower intake,
which is a key element of Toyotas design
theme that is being introduced progres-
sively across the range.
The upgrade also brings revised rear
styling including new tail lamps as well as
a raft of under-the-skin and interior mods
details will be released closer to the
launch.
The range of powertrains is unchanged,
with a 1.0 and 1.33 F petrol engine as well
as Toyotas flagship full hybrid system on
offer.
The new Yaris embraces Toyotas contempo
rary design language with a fullwidth up
per grille that extends into new triangular
headlamps. PHOTO: QUICKPIC
021 841 4287
021 887 2840
021 870 4601
021 312 3717
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Hyundaiunveils its
smaller ix25concept SUV
QUICKPIC
Hyundai has unveiled an ix25 concept
model at the 2014 Beijing International
Automotive Exhibition as an appetiser
for the launch of such a sophisticated
small-sizedSUVanother strategicpillar
for Hyundai Motor in the worlds largest
auto market exclusively in China later
this year.
The ix25 concept hints at a premium look,
based on Hyundai Motors evolved Fluidic
Sculpture 2.0 design philosophy. Harmony
between a bold front, voluminous side,
sporty rear and other details complete the
premium small-sized SUVs design.
Equipped with a Nu 2.0 engine, the ix25 con-
cept features an overall length of 4 270 mm,
overall width of 1 780 mm and overall height
of 1 630 mm, while its wheelbase reaches
2 590 mm.
Hyundai Motor has grown into a leading
automaker in China through continuous in-
novation and we are now poised for a new
challenge to become themost loved brand by
Chinese customers, said Hyundai Motor
president, Sung Kee Choi. We will now pre-
pare for another successful decade in China
through the launch of high-quality models
such as the ix25 SUV, which is strategically-
developed for China, and the all-new Gene-
sis.
The ix25 will mainly target the young gen-
erationwho seek style andpracticality at the
same time, and Hyundai Motor is planning
variousmarketing activities to attract them.
Withits launchinthesecondhalfof thisyear,
Hyundai Motor expects to complete its com-
petitiveSUVline-upinChina, fromix25, ix35,
SantaFe toGrandSantaFe, aiming to secure
the leading position in the countrys rapidly
growing SUV market. The i in ix25 repre-
sents the inspiring, intelligent and innova-
tive characteristics of the young genera-
tion.
The ix25 con
cept hints at a
premium look,
based on Hy
undai Motors
evolved Fluidic
Sculpture 2.0
design philoso
phy. PHOTO:
QUICKPIC