
New growth surge pushes average SA rent above R9 100
SA’s residential rental market kicked off 2025 with its best performance in years, with the average national rental growth reaching 5.6% in Q1, pushing the average rent to R9 132.

SA’s residential rental market kicked off 2025 with its best performance in years, with the average national rental growth reaching 5.6% in Q1, pushing the average rent to R9 132.

The community management industry has reached a fork in the road. We either evolve—into thriving, professional businesses—or risk becoming unsustainable and unprofitable. WeconnectU shares the steps you can take to success.

Whether it’s young professionals buying their first investment flat or experienced landlords expanding their portfolios, more and more people are once again seeing real estate and specifically buy-to-let properties, as a smart, long-term move.

2025 marks the most positive year to date for real estate industry confidence, according to the latest PayProp State of the Rental Industry report. In the survey, which has been running since 2020, 87.1% of respondents expressed confidence in the future.

Rental property managers have been asked to do more with less for far too long. Here is how WeconnectU’s Rental Asset Management ecosystem is a game changer.

We’re condensing the results of recently released key reports, the Q4 2024 Rode Report (or #RR24q4) and the PayProp Rental Index Q4 2024, for your convenience. The key takeout from both? Things are looking up (perhaps not as much as hoped for, but up nonetheless).

Short-term rentals are coming under fire, especially in tourism hotspots like Cape Town with a possible new tax and regulations being formulated.

Who needs to keep trust accounts if your rental payment provider can run them on your behalf – with the Regulator’s blessing?

What drives a residential rental agency’s success? The 2024 PayProp Roadshow unveiled five key characteristics of successful rental agencies.

According to the latest TPN Residential Rental Monitor, most residential tenants (83%) remained in good standing in Q2 2024 despite constrained finances.