While the recent PayProp State of the Rental Industry Survey found that the key challenges agents currently face are a shrinking viable tenant pool, lower tenant affordability and high arrears...
According to Pearl Scheltema, CEO of Fitzanne Estates, while taxes and property go hand in hand, there are fortunately some very real benefits to be had if you...
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...
A 'full' recovery to pre-lockdown tenant payment performance levels is yet to be achieved, however, the sector is showing signs of recovery...
Pearl Scheltema, CEO of Fitzanne Estates, weighs in on what to expect from the real estate landscape in the coming months...
In November 2020, for the first time since the PayProp Rental Index launched, growth was negative - the average rent was 0.3% lower than in November 2019...
According to the PayProp Rental Index for Q3 2020, rental growth has plummeted for two consecutive quarters, with Q2 and Q3 following the same general downward trend seen over the course of the previous year...
The decision by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to retain the repo rate at 3.5% (home loan base rate at 7%) is disappointing and out of step with the economy...
Samuel Seeff 20 Nov 2020
A few years ago, the typical property investor in South Africa was male and between the ages of 30 and 40, but the latest figures reveal a significant change...
Currently at 7%, the prime rate is at its lowest level in decades, driving more South African tenants to consider property ownership...
Real estate has become a global asset class and, as a developing nation, the Nigerian real estate market continues to evolve at an impressive pace...
Noah Ibrahim 2 Nov 2020
One of the many new trends emerging within the real estate sector as a result of the national lockdown, is an increase in multi-generational living as many are no longer able to afford the costs of living alone...
In line with global trends, the number of South African renters is likely to spike over the next decade, and with this the workload of residential rental management professionals...
The PayProp Rental Index for the second quarter of 2020 reflects the first clear indication of the effects of lockdown on rent levels, rental growth and arrears in South Africa...
The pace of new household formation is likely to slow during and shortly after the current recessionary period, constrained by a lack of new employment creation and widespread household financial pressure...
John Loos 21 Aug 2020
While some are heading for more spacious, freestanding homes with open spaces, due to the Covid-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown, others, in contrast, still see the benefits of more compact, manageable accommodation...
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
According to the first PayProp Rental Index for 2020, during March 2020, just over 20% of tenants were in arrears, increasing to almost 24% in April...
Seabelo (Herbert) Theledi, founder and MD of Nthwese Developments, shares his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how his organisation is navigating these unusual times...
Sindy Peters 13 May 2020
Pets in South Africa are increasingly being treated as part of the family, with owners spending more and aligning their pet's lifestyle with their own...
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...
Predictions about the likely performance of an industry are rife at the beginning of a year, and even more so at the start of a new decade. Jokes about 2020 vision into the future aside, one can't be blamed for wanting to know what to expect from the next 12 months, both politically and economically...
Carl Coetzee 20 Jan 2020
All things considered, property remains a reliable choice of investment if you're willing to play the long game...
Steven van Rooyen 24 Dec 2019
"In recent years, sectional title properties have grown in popularity to become the preferred choice of holiday accommodation in most destination hotspots and therefore also the most attractive property type for buyers seeking short-term buy-to-let investments," says Brett Leon, MD of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty, Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl.
When buying an investment property, you should apply the same "rules" about location, condition and security as when buying a home for yourself...
Berry Everitt 10 Dec 2019
Private Property reflects on what happened during 2019 in the South African property market, and how that'll lead to 2020 property trends...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 3 Dec 2019
While regular maintenance on a rental property not only attracts the best tenants and secures the highest possible rent, it also helps preserve the capital value of a rental property...
According to the PayProp Rental Index for the third quarter of 2019, September had the highest year-on-year rental growth for the year at 4.2%...
Gauteng landlords can no longer easily demand high rental increases due to below-inflation income growth and an increase in housing supply in the province...
Trending downward for the past six quarters, the moving average trendline for the residential rental growth rate in the Western Cape during this 18-month period is not showing any sign of a turnaround...
New property developments in the Cape Town central city worth in excess of R950m have been reported this year in spite of a tight economy and huge economic pressure...
Home owners should not take a knee-jerk reaction to the potential of SA being downgraded to junk status by Moody's says SA futurist/economist Daniel Silke...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 5 Sep 2019
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
It starts off as the ideal investment. You leverage your good credit record on your primary property to buy a second property that you'll let out...
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
How to make your rental property more attractive to animal lovers...
Private Property, Issued by Private Property South Africa 18 Jul 2019
After an extended period of slow growth for the South African rental market, landlords may well be feeling pessimistic about the future of their investments...
Jacqui Savage 16 Jul 2019
How landlords can easily spot a scammer, and steer clear of them...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 2 Jul 2019
Last year saw the national average year-on-year (YoY) rental growth rate plummet from 6.4% in 2017 to just 3.9% at the end of 2018, however not all markets performed equally...
The Property Practitioners Act now just needs the president's signature to come into effect, and when it does it will bring about many significant changes in South Africa's property sector...
Andrew Schaefer 14 Jun 2019
When people want to invest in real estate they usually secure a loan to purchase a property - either residential or commercial. But there are other more efficient and less costly ways to invest in the property sector...
Marc Edwards 6 Jun 2019
When it comes to the management of rental properties, there is one thing that often causes a dispute, and that is how a tenant's deposit has been handled...
Sunell Afrika 28 May 2019
Student accommodation is one of those property investments where the location is predetermined and the demand far exceeds the supply, making for the ideal foundation for a lucrative investment...
At first, the real estate investing space may seem convoluted and difficult to understand. Nonetheless, it's also a space that can prove to be incredibly rewarding...
Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library 18 Apr 2019
Rental properties can provide a healthy income stream, but they can equally provide huge headaches for landlords...
Estelle Nagel and Benjamin Shaw 11 Mar 2019
While the looming implementation of the Rental Housing Amendment Act has sparked considerable concern, many property professionals believe that there is little or no cause for panic...
While 2018 was another subdued year for the Cape Town real estate market, it was not all doom and gloom...
Does your home have a teen pad, granny flat or garden cottage? If so, you could be sitting on a great source of extra income!
Jacqui Savage 22 Jan 2019
The growing challenge of affordability and an increasingly cautious investor sentiment have fuelled the rental market in the Winelands...