Silent Partners

12/03/2025

Wooo hooo! A new record! Bond application submitted for a client this morning at 11h14. First approval back from Standard Bank at 12h40. That's 86 minutes. Within a further 10 minutes, FNB and ABSA had also issued their approvals. This is how we rock and roll at Silent Partners!!

19/09/2024

09/08/2024

Today, we celebrate the beautiful women of South Africa. May your leadership, courage, creativity, resilience and strength continue to shine brightly and inspire positive change wherever you go. Happy Women’s Day from your Silent Partner!

05/06/2024

"Dorian and I would just like to say thank you for all your help. There has never been a time when we called or sent you a message and you weren't available to help or provide advice.

Your service is unmatched and your friendliness makes working with you that much easier.

Thank you for working so hard to get what we needed, always being patient with all our questions and enquiries, and for always [being] willing to help." - another satisfied client.

04/06/2024

Now I know why SA is in such a mess. ‘Just saw a comment on Reddit saying… “DA in Western Cape 1,088,303 votes (55.29%) and MK in KZN 1,590,898 votes, yet is (only) 45.35%. MK cannot be on 45%. (The )Percentage is much more higher. The results are rigged” Clearly, the writer should have a top post in government. Maybe Minister of Finance?

16/04/2024

https://silentpartners.co.za/2024/04/16/basel-money-laundering-and-property-investment-is-there-any-hope-for-the-western-cape/

So, I was researching bond origination practices in the UK, which led me to the subject of ex-pats and non-residents of the UK and the ability of South Africans to obtain bonds in the UK to buy property there. For UK lenders, assessing client documents from abroad is unfamiliar as different countrie...