PayProp has released the results of its second PayProp State of the Rental Industry Survey, with agents continuing to feel the effects of Covid-19...
Emerging from the economic challenges of 2020, Craig Mott from the Rawson Property Group,says now is the time for commercial property landlords to regroup...
Pearl Scheltema, CEO of Fitzanne Estates, weighs in on what to expect from the real estate landscape in the coming months...
Having started 2020 in recession, only to be hit by Covid-19, few would have predicted a successful year for property...
Schalk van der Merwe 25 Jan 2021
Looking ahead, here is our forecast for South Africa's property landscape in the year to come...
Paul Stevens 6 Jan 2021
As the short-term rental market begins to pick up, landlords and tenants alike must take steps to protect themselves while the effects of Covid-19 and an unstable economy continue to disrupt the industry...
SADC real estate markets are diverse, often with high interest rates and large rental components affected by factors such as a decline in income, business closures and expat departures...
Currently at 7%, the prime rate is at its lowest level in decades, driving more South African tenants to consider property ownership...
Zabeth Venter and her team at Averly, a new South African startup aimed at positively impacting the rental space, was just about ready to launch when the national lockdown was announced...
Covid-19 has pushed the restart button on almost every sector of the property market...
Norman Raad 17 Aug 2020
Can an online platform counter gentrification, deliver a double-sided business proposition that leverages shared value for the improvement of an entire segment of the economy, while simultaneously solving for one of humankind's essential needs?
Gil Sperling 3 Jul 2020
The Covid-19 crisis and the resulting lockdowns has impacted many financially. Some have been placed on unpaid leave, while others have been informed of a reduction in salary or completely lost all income...
Shopping centres and large retail outlets are bleeding. With most having to keep their doors closed during the lockdown period, revenue has slowed to a trickle...
Kagiso Mahlangu 7 May 2020
A year since launch, with over 80,000 users, Flow has made some unique additions to the proptech platform...
Sindy Peters 15 Apr 2020
The banks have stepped up to offer landlords payment holidays during the lockdown, but will the effects be felt by tenants and what should a landlord with a struggling tenant do?
Grant Smee 1 Apr 2020
All tenants who were due to move at the end of March will now need to do so before midnight on Thursday 26 March, or they will have to remain in place at least until after the nationwide lockdown, which currently ends at midnight on 16 April.
Andrew Schaefer 25 Mar 2020
Tough economic times like the downward cycle we are in now calls for a new and fresh approach to ensure you are not sitting with costly vacancies...
Org Geldenhuys 10 Feb 2020
Just Property recently conducted a national survey of tenants beyond their existing client base with more than 2,600 responses providing insights invaluable to landlords wanting to retain or attract great tenants...
The Western Cape rentals market, renowned for its historically record-breaking returns, has raised eyebrows with an uncharacteristically severe decline over the last three years...
Building a desirable tenant profile will help tenants to be top of the list of applicants for new rentals. Here's how to do it...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 6 Aug 2019
Buy-to-let property can be the route to wealth creation. But you need the right tenants at the right rental to make it work...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 24 Jul 2019
According to the Seeff Property Group, it is not just the demand for residential accommodation that drives the Cape Town rental market, but added economic drivers such as tourism, conventions and events, corporate contracts and semigration...
Owning a rental property can provide a much-needed source of additional income however, they can also be a source of many a headache if not managed properly and efficiently...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 10 Jun 2019
While we wait for the conclusion of the May elections and the economy to take the positive turn that we are all anticipating, it would be remiss not to continue cautioning that economic and property market recovery will take time...
Samuel Seeff 16 Apr 2019
The rental market in Cape Town is in a state of flux at the moment and tenants are possibly in a better position in terms of value for money and the choices available to them than ever before...
Michael Bauer 11 Mar 2019
While 2018 was another subdued year for the Cape Town real estate market, it was not all doom and gloom...
An unintended consequence of the sluggish economy has been a spike in the fraudulent behaviour of would-be tenants who are desperate to sign a lease...
Gary Palmer 12 Nov 2018
Slowing semigration and the reluctance of landlords to adjust their price expectations are some of the factors which contributed to the steady decline...
Now, more than ever, investors are finding it a safer option to invest in direct property...
There are at least six very good reasons for Cape Town property owners to become less dependent on municipal water...
Hyprop Investments has taken steps to regain its status as one of the most reliable dividend-paying and capital growth-generating listed real estate investments in 2018...
Alistair Anderson 2 Feb 2018
Sunell Afrika, rentals manager for SAProperty.com, says that "one of the biggest causes of a breakdown in landlord-tenant relationships is where there is a lack of maintenance or repair"...
Landlords that insist on unreasonable residential rentals every year risk losing those tenants... and in the current economic climate good tenants are hard to replace...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 28 Aug 2017
You need to take care, there are pitfalls...
Samuel Seeff 21 Aug 2017
The days of 10% increases when renewing the lease on your house or flat are all but extinct...
If you have a great tenant in place it might be advisable to forgo that annual rental increase or at least keep it to a minimum. Here's why...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 20 Jan 2017
According to Stefan du Plessis, managing member at Rent Protect, there are certain best practice principles that help all parties avoid the typical risks associated with rental agreements...
Grant Rea, rental specialist at RE/MAX Living, lists the seven deadly rental sins as committed by landlords, tenants, and agents...
Any landlord or investor knows good tenants are worth their weight in gold. So, it goes without saying that finding a property already occupied by a dependable, trustworthy tenant is something of a bonus for property investors: immediate rental income, no upfront agent fees, confidence in the reliability of the occupant...
Charlotte Vermaak 14 Oct 2016
It may be easier than you think to become a property investor, says Gerhard Kotzé, new MD of the RealNet estate agency group, by hanging on to your existing home instead of selling it when you need to move...
Conducting an inspection of a rental property midway through the lease allows the landlord and tenant to identify any issues early on...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 3 Oct 2016
A large percentage of South African landlords still rent their homes or investment properties out privately not making use of letting professionals...
While there are pros and cons whether a rental agent is the best option for managing an investor's buy-to-let property, or to handle the letting on their own, the benefits of using an experienced and trustworthy rental agent will far outweigh the self-managed alternative...
Paarl-based JLK Construction anticipates, subject to Paarl municipality's approval, to announce a residential apartment development that will be by far the largest they have yet handled on their own account...
The greater the dominance of a property asset, the more protected the property investment will be in 2015's subdued economic markets...
With demand for rental properties continually increasing and inventory shortages experienced throughout the country, it might be quite a task for tenants to find the right property.
Regardless of the economy and the rising interest rate, property remains one of the best ways for the average South African to accrue wealth.
The New Year typically signals the time when lease agreements are up for renewal. For commercial tenants, this presents a good opportunity to reassess the appropriateness and feasibility of the space for the business occupying it, and then either renew the lease or seek new space.
The 2nd Quarter FNB Estate Agents Survey shows little change in the interest in residential property buying for buy-to-let purposes. Remaining on a low value, the estate agents surveyed estimated that only eight percent of buyers buy for buy-to-let purposes. This figure has systematically reduced since the early part of last decade when agents quoted a figure three times as high as today.
Ewald Kellerman 3 Jul 2013