Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa Dec/January 2020 | Page 55
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Bricks vs stocks
It’s best to learn from people
in the know. Lisa Bathurst – an
International property specialist and
founder of Hurst & Wills discusses
tangible property assets vs. the
stock market concerning various
investment strategies.
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High rental returns in Kenya
As Kenya expands its real estate and
property sector, positive investment
opportunities follow closely behind
in various developments planned
for the near future.
Investing in a legal structure
In this series Jaco Grobbelaar talks
about building a property portfolio, the
tax involved and how your property
structure should look based on your
expectations.
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Business confidence up
marginally from depressed
levels
After dropping from 28 in the
second quarter to a 20-year low of
21 in the third quarter, the RMB/
BER Business Confidence Index
(BCI) rose to 26 in the fourth
quarter – the first improvement in
two years.
Investors seek to move
assets from UK amid
brewing storm
Six out of 10 investors are now
actively seeking to move assets out
of Britain as a perfect storm looks
set to hit the UK economy, reveals
a new poll.
Expat Tax Laws and South
African Investors
Currently, in an exemption
designed for employees of private-
sector companies, any SA resident
working in a foreign country
for more than 183 days a year is
exempt from paying income tax on
their foreign employment income.
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