Property Market Trends
Learn about the latest shifts in property values, demand, and supply. Posts here highlight housing prices, rental trends, and investor activity to help you understand where the real estate market is heading.
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BRICS investors are changing the global real estate market: What does this mean for SA?
As SA struggles to fix its broken economy amid disagreements among the political powers within…
4 August 2025
Will Trump’s tariffs affect the property market?
Recently, the United States proposed a hefty 30% blanket tariff on all South African goods…
14 July 2025
Unpacking regional income trends in South Africa
Home purchase prices are rising, and so are applicants’ incomes. Of the top-performing regions, Tshwane…
30 June 2025
The average house price is at a record high
The June BetterBond Property Brief reveals that the average house price for all buyers reached…
23 June 2025
What’s happening with homeownership in South Africa? The Absa HSI identifies key trends
The recent Absa Homeowner Sentiment Index highlights five key trends in the 2025 property market,…
9 June 2025
How to build resilience in a challenging property market
In the dynamic world of real estate, market fluctuations are inevitable. Yet, amidst these challenges,…
23 May 2025
Back in favour: the City of Gold is reviving
After years of lacklustre performance, agencies are reporting that Gauteng’s property market is surging, which…
22 April 2025
Buyer activity is back, and Gauteng is loving it
The latest BetterBond Property Brief reveals that home loan applications rose by 9.3% year-on-year and…
22 April 2025
MPC holds the repo rate steady: a pause for stability–”but what does it mean for the property market?
Nedbank’s head of home ownership, JP Viljoen, shares what the unchanged repo rate means for…
8 April 2025
Property sales and rentals recovering
We’re condensing the results of recently released key reports, the Q4 2024 Rode Report (or…
7 April 2025
