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Rising importance of proptech in a new world
For many rental agencies in South Africa that still relied on outdated processes to manage their portfolio payments, Covid-19 brought on...
Johette Smuts 10 Feb 2021
Minimalism and the surprising impact it's having on the rental economy
Minimalism - once a niche art movement - is now a mainstream lifestyle trend. We have Marie Kondo, the Japanese organising guru...
Jonathan Hurvitz 8 Feb 2021
Unpacking the growing trend of women investing in property
In a recent Instagram Live session on The Thando Channel, the topic of women's growing participation in the property market was addressed...
What to expect from the industrial property market in 2021
The industrial property market in 2021 is certainly not an easy one to predict. However, learning from the past year's events...
Tony Bales 4 Feb 2021
#BizTrends2021: Trends to expect in the township development, office, retail spaces
As the fight against Covid-19 rages on, the property sector shows a bag of mixed results with some parts of the sector...
Herbert Seabelo Theledi 28 Jan 2021
Unpacking the commercial real estate landscape, rising trends for 2021
While 2020 will forever be remembered as a year of unprecedented challenges and uncertainty, 2021 promises to bring exciting shifts...
John Jack 26 Jan 2021
Top residential property trends projected for 2021
According to property entrepreneur and Only Realty owner Grant Smee, recent statistics indicate that first-time buyers are younger than ever before...
2021: Positive shifts as the world transitions to the next paradigm
According to Yael Geffen of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty, executives who take note of emerging trends as the world transitions...
#BizTrends2021: Auction industry survival depends on going virtual
Covid-19 has forever changed the traditional live auction model, forcing the industry to accept and adapt to an accelerated digital standard to keep their doors open...
Joff van Reenen 11 Jan 2021
#BizTrends2021: Covid-19 drives new trends in local property market
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a 'significant and lasting impact' on the South African residential property market and is shaping many of the emerging trends we're seeing in the market right now...
Marcél du Toit 8 Jan 2021
#BizTrends2021: AR, VR enable property development to break global boundaries
Blurring the line between reality and technology is what will help realtors sell developments moving forward, and technology's role in realty is becoming more critical to its success...
Andrea Tucker 7 Jan 2021
#BizTrends2021: Subdued rental growth and new ways of working - during and after Covid-19
Amplified by the pressures of a global pandemic, 2020 saw the continuation of a challenging economic climate for both consumers and rental agencies...
Johette Smuts 7 Jan 2021
#BizTrends2021: Re-thinking our approach to providing student housing in 2021
During the last year, South African students faced some of their greatest challenges yet. On top of the usual academic pressure and issues of affordability, many were forced to leave their on-campus accommodation...
John Schooling 7 Jan 2021
#BizTrends2021: Revitalising property markets through inner-city investment and refurbishment
South Africa's property sector, in general, has shown poor performance during the Covid-19 pandemic. Property stocks have taken a significant hit, where retail and commercial office space have been hit hardest...
Paul Jackson 6 Jan 2021
#BizTrends2021: There's good news as well as bad for the property industry
Looking ahead, here is our forecast for South Africa's property landscape in the year to come...
Paul Stevens 6 Jan 2021
Top 5 retirement trends going into 2021
The ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered and accelerated trends particularly in the areas of health and technology...
Resilience of SA's housing market reflects ongoing aspiration for home ownership
Residential real estate, while also being impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, has so far proven to be one of the more resilient sectors...
Dr Andrew Golding 15 Dec 2020
#BestofBiz 2020: Property
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2020 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Property & Real Estate site over the past year below...
What to expect from 2021's residential property market
Considering the challenging year we've just experienced, it would seem contrary to say the housing property market is gearing up for a bumper year ahead. However, given five consecutive repo rate cuts, which has dropped the prime lending rate to a record low of 7%, 2020 has been a surprisingly good year for the property market...
Carl Coetzee 10 Dec 2020
PSCC, Property Point partner on property sector transformation
The Property Sector Charter Council (PSCC) and business accelerator Property Point (PP) are embarking on a collaborative effort to develop and fast-track the participation of Black entrepreneurs in the property sector...
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