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Hannah van Deventer
Founder & Co-Director @ Phoenix Bonds 🏡
Home loans, explained 💡
Your bond - done right, first time 💪🏻

15/10/2026

🏡 MYTH OR FACT? A 30-year home loan costs more than a 20-year home loan.

FACT! And the difference might surprise you!

A longer loan term means lower monthly repayments, but it also means paying interest for an additional 10 years.

💰 LET’S DO THE MATHS!

On a R2 million home loan at 10.75% interest:

🏠 20-YEAR BOND
• Monthly repayment: R20,305
• Total interest: R2.87 million

🏠 30-YEAR BOND
• Monthly repayment: R18,670
• Total interest: R4.72 million

😳 THE DIFFERENCE?

You save approximately R1,635 per month, but pay a staggering R1.85 MILLION MORE IN INTEREST!

So why choose 30 years?

Because lower monthly repayments can give you some much-needed breathing room.

💡 HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS!

Just because you take a 30-year bond doesn’t mean you have to take 30 years to repay it!

You can make additional payments whenever you can afford to, reducing your outstanding balance, saving interest and potentially shaving years off your loan.

The best loan term isn’t always the shortest one. It’s the one that works for your financial circumstances.

At Phoenix Bonds, we help you understand your options so you can make informed decisions.

Figures are illustrative and assume a constant interest rate with no additional fees or payments.

08/10/2026

💍🏡 Did you know how you’re married can affect your home loan application?

Whether you’re married in or out of community of property, in a traditional customary marriage or a Muslim marriage, your marital regime can affect how the banks assess your application, whose finances are considered and what documentation is required.

In this reel, I break down the differences and what you need to know before applying.

🌍 Foreign marriages? That’s a topic for another video!

04/10/2026

In bonds and real estate, the only constant is change. Systems, processes, bank policies, credit appetite and technology are constantly evolving, and something that was true six months ago may not necessarily be true today.

A big part of the value we add is staying close enough to those changes to spot them early and understand where they create new opportunities, whether that’s a different way to structure an application, a change in policy that opens up an approval, or new technology that allows us to do something better.

That’s why I think hunger and curiosity are so important in this industry. Never simply accept something because “that’s the rule” or because it’s how you’ve always done it. Ask questions, investigate, verify the information and understand the why behind it.

Experience gives you a really strong foundation, but curiosity is what keeps that experience relevant.

02/10/2026

No credit? No worries. 🏡

We often meet young professionals who’ve started earning well but simply haven’t needed credit yet. No credit card, no clothing accounts, no loans… which means little to no credit history, or what we call a “thin file.”

That doesn’t automatically mean you can’t qualify for a home loan.

When we submit your bond application, we look at the bigger picture: your income, employment stability, affordability, disposable income, banking behaviour and overall financial profile.

A thin credit file just means we need to give the banks more reasons to say yes.

01/10/2026

Does a prequalification affect your credit score? Nope. 🧡

When we prequalify you at Phoenix Bonds, we pull an Experian credit report using a soft credit check.

That means it doesn’t show as a credit enquiry and doesn’t affect your credit score in any way.

It simply gives us the information we need to assess your affordability, understand your credit profile and give you a realistic idea of what you could qualify for before you start applying to banks.

So you can find out where you stand without impacting your score.

Know your number before you shop for your home. 🏡

30/09/2026

🏡 Buyer’s deposit: how safe is your money?

When you pay a deposit on a property, where does that money actually go?

I want to you to know how attorneys’ trust accounts protect your deposit, and how your money can earn interest while you wait for transfer.

13/09/2026

You don’t need to know everything about bonds. That’s our job.

But there are three things you really should know about your buyer:

🏠 Residency status
💍 Marital status
📊 Credit status

Why? Because any one of these can stop a home loan application in its tracks.

Know the three. Let us handle the rest.

And keep an eye out for our upcoming Hannah Explains Bonds training series, kicking off next week, where we’ll unpack each of these.

07/09/2026

INFLATION IS AT 5%. BUT WHAT’S ACTUALLY DRIVING IT?

When we hear that inflation has climbed from 3% to 5%, it sounds like bad news.

But the headline number doesn’t tell the whole story.

A big contributor to the recent increase has been fuel, driven by global oil prices, conflict and international supply disruptions.

Meanwhile, some of the inflation that affects South African households every day is looking much better.

Food inflation is down to just 1.4%.

Why does this matter?

Because if the underlying inflation picture remains under control, and pressure from fuel starts to ease, it gives the Reserve Bank more room to consider interest rate cuts again.

And for property, lower interest rates mean:

• Lower bond repayments
• Better affordability
• More buying power
• More confidence in the property market

So while 5% inflation might grab the headline, what’s happening underneath that number may actually be the more important story.

Read Dr Roelof Botha’s full September economic update on the Phoenix Bonds website.

06/09/2026

🏡 What’s happening with interest rates and the property market?

There are some encouraging signs coming through for South Africa. Interest rates are holding steady, employment is improving, business activity is picking up and there’s some positive momentum in key parts of the economy.

So… what does all of this actually mean if you’re buying a home, selling, or already paying off a bond?

Economist Dr Roelof Botha breaks down the latest numbers and what they could mean for the property market and interest rates over the months ahead.

I’ve put his latest update into plain English here 👇
https://www.phoenixbonds.finance/posts/dr-roelof-botha-september-2026

Hannah Explains Bonds 🏡

28/08/2026

Your home loan approval isn’t based on what you earn. It’s based on what we can prove you earn.

You might earn R80,000 a month, but if we can only verify R50,000, the bank is going to assess you on R50,000.

When assessing income, bank statements are mandatory, but they’re usually only one part of the evidence. We need at least one other document that backs up where that money is coming from, such as:

• Payslips
• Invoices
• Employment or commission contracts
• Financial statements
• Management accounts or other supporting business records

This becomes especially important if you’re self-employed, earn commission, have multiple income streams or your income changes from month to month.

The goal isn’t just to show the bank that money comes into your account. We need to prove what it is, where it comes from, and that it’s sustainable.

That’s why structuring your application properly can make such a big difference. Let us help you with that.

Address

2 Cullinan Close, Morningside
Sandton
2067

Telephone

+27663277384

Website

http://www.phoenixbonds.finance/

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