Offering more than just a nature’s paradise, Mpumalanga is fast becoming South Africa’s property investment hotspot, with house price inflation rising by 17.3% in the past year – the highest increase in the country.
Welcome to the bush: high-net-worth individuals are increasingly making real estate investments based on lifestyle choices rather than location dictations because they know that as long as there’s a digital connection, they’re in business.
BetterBond has launched the Property Brief, an incisive monthly overview of housing market trends and forecasts with insights from economist, Dr Roelof Botha.
Coastal towns are getting a new lease on life as people semigrate, primarily from Gauteng, looking for affordable, safe locations where they can work remotely.
Here’s a quick roundup of comments from the industry in response to the third consecutive repo rate hike of 75 basis points announced on Thursday.
“Property investment is still the most reliable way to generate income over the long term,” is the advice from Yolanda Cornelius of Just Property Zululand and Dolphin Coast, to other property practitioners.
In August, being Woman’s Month, we will shine the spotlight on women in the real estate industry in South Africa who are movers and shakers and are taking the industry to the next level.
With a week to go until the MPC meets again to discuss the repo rate red lights are starting to flash for consumers in the housing market.
There is a very real danger that the series of recent rates hikes, while coming off a very low base, will slow impetus across the property sector.
Property practitioners can play a major role in the way a house up for sale is presented to prospective buyers by guiding present owners through a few steps to make the house look more attractive.
