Industry Insights
Gain a deeper understanding of the property sector. These posts bring expert commentary, professional analysis, and thought leadership on the real estate industry’s direction and future.

Industry reacts to Property24 price increase
The annual price increase of the country’s biggest property portal, Property24, was met with some…
7 March 2019

Property sector’s wish list for National Budget
A follow-through on commitments re infrastructure spend, education, job creation and an increase in housing…
18 February 2019

SONA 2019 positive for property sector says experts
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s second State of the Nation address (SONA) still left the industry with…
14 February 2019

Opinion: Property Bill misses the point
The National Assembly unanimously passed the Property Practitioners Bill on Tuesday 4 December 2018.
10 December 2018

SA out of recession – more growth is needed say experts
SA’s economic activity picked up enough in the third term to exit out of the…
6 December 2018

Opinion: The FNB panic in a tea cup
Change comes to every industry, also the real estate industry, the key thing for estate…
15 November 2018

Leaders call for agents to keep calm over FNB app
Property leaders cautioned estate agents to keep calm while they engage with First National Bank…
2 November 2018

Private Property COO says they are engaging with FNB
Mark Coetzee, COO of property portal Private Property, issued the following statement in response to…
2 November 2018

Property leaders welcome housing subsidy boost
From a real estate perspective, the big news coming out of the Medium-Term Budget Policy…
2 November 2018

Are agents threatening to boycott bank over new app?
The First National Bank’s latest innovation, a banking app that enables their customers to sell…
1 November 2018



