May 22, 2016
Cape Town Property Market Bucks the Slowing Trend
While the South African residential property market is showing signs of strain, prices in the Western Cape just keep...
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March 21, 2016
Value of small properties goes down
The ABSA house price index has shown a marginal decline in the value of small and medium houses and has revealed the...
February 22, 2016
Old-new house price gap narrows
It was 21.3 percent, or R411 700, cheaper to have bought an existing house in the fourth quarter of last year than to...
January 26, 2016
2016: What's in Store for the Property Market?
Economically speaking the latter half of 2015 was on shaky ground; the shock firing of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene...
January 10, 2016
Sectional title roads lead to Midrand
Residential property growth in Gauteng has been lacklustre at best over the past two years, with prices for existing...
January 3, 2016
The 2016 Residential Rental Forecast
Rental income is a great source of passive income for landlords, and the latest quarterly PayProp residential Rental...
January 3, 2016
Security Estates a Negative Economic Indicator
Overseas visitors are often surprised by the high prevalence of gated communities and secure estates in South African...
December 20, 2015
Downward Pressure on Households
Property and mortgage industry players should be concerned by last week's downgrade in South Africa's sovereign...
November 23, 2015
High property prices 'not always a good thing'
Are high and forever-rising residential property prices really a good thing? Many seem to think so, but perhaps not...
October 25, 2015
Playing the system for a home
On the face of it, the South African government has been remarkably effective since 1994 in tackling the housing...