{"id":3123,"date":"2021-09-30T12:37:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T12:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyprofessional.co.za\/will-property-market-activity-subside\/"},"modified":"2023-05-21T15:46:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T15:46:20","slug":"will-property-market-activity-subside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyprofessional.co.za\/2021\/09\/30\/will-property-market-activity-subside\/","title":{"rendered":"Will property market activity subside?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MAIN IMAGE: Adrian Goslett, CEO of Re\/MAX SA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Staff writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The South African property market has been experiencing a wave of hyperactivity ever since the three-month shutdown of the national deeds office when Covid first hit back in March 2020. Today, almost eighteen months later, property giant RE\/MAX of Southern Africa continues to report record-breaking sales totals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe registered sales and commissions for our network YTD are a very strong 17% ahead of an already aggressive budget forecast. Reported sales are also holding on with a 30-40% increase on pre-covid numbers monthly. But the market will inevitably soften over time and it\u2019s hard to predict when that will be \u2013 possibly when the interest rate cycle turns in the next few months,\u201d states Adrian Goslett, Regional Director and CEO of RE\/MAX of Southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Elaborating on this, Goslett explains that interest rates have played a pivotal role in the upsurge of activity within the housing market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the current interest rate, repayments on a home loan can quite possibly amount to less than one might spend on rent for the same home. When interest rates eventually begin to climb, my prediction is that buyer activity will start to subside and demand will become more subdued,\u201d he forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond this, Goslett hopes that buyers will have left the room in their budgets to afford future interest rate hikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who entered the market within the last year are likely to have become accustomed to having their bond repayments subject to the current interest rate. My concern is for those who have not allowed room in their budgets to afford an increase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur partners at BetterBond report that only two out of ten customers apply for 90% LTV, while six out of ten customers are requesting a 100% LTV. The hope is that buyers have not leveraged themselves too far because I do believe that tough times are ahead,\u201d says Goslett.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports show that unemployment has risen to 34.4% in the second quarter of 2021, which means that many households are going to have to tighten their belts in the months to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile banks have been very accommodating to defaulting homeowners over this time, this will not last forever. Unfortunately, this is likely to mean that more properties will come onto the distressed property market and this will likely put downward pressure on asking prices,\u201d Goslett predicts.<\/p>\n<p>While tough times are ahead, Goslett remains confident that the South African property market will remain strong no matter what lies ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProperty values will ebb and flow along with the state of the overall economy. But, even following a total market crash like the one back in 2008, the property market always finds a way to bounce back. Though we are not facing such a crash right now, my advice to those who hope to plan for future financial success is to avoid over-extending oneself and to have emergency savings in place to fall back on in case the worst does occur,\u201d he recommends.<\/p>\n<p>Goslett recommends that those who are buying or selling property over this time should keep in touch with a local real estate expert who can keep them up to date on any new trends or opportunities as and when they arise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs experts on their given market, real estate agents are often the first to know when the market is about to change and can give their clients a heads up on how this will affect them going forward,\u201d Goslett concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African property market has been experiencing a wave of hyperactivity ever since the three-month shutdown of the national deeds office when Covid first hit back in March 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1224,1228],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will property market activity subside? 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