Following another year of tepid economic growth, and with the latest round of load shedding further dampening the economy and expected to result in a Moody's downgrade early next year, where does that leave South Africa's residential property market?
By Dr Andrew Golding 6 hours ago
Following another year of tepid economic growth, and with the latest round of load shedding further dampening the economy and expected to result in a Moody's downgrade early next year, where does that leave South Africa's residential property market?
The property market was off to a slow start in the beginning of the year building up to the elections...
For the 12-month period to end November, Cape Town topped R21.75bn in residential property transactions at an average transaction value of R2.2m...
Experts in the South African residential market predict no improvement until the final quarter of 2020, when supply is expected to align better with demand...
The property market was off to a slow start in the beginning of the year building up to the elections...
By Adrian Goslett 7 hours ago
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