While much has been said regarding the slowing in house price growth in recent months, the residential property market in Gauteng is a highly complex one, with sharp regional and suburban variations, and there are a number highly positive developments within the region’s property sector.

It’s every landlord’s nightmare: being stuck with a tenant who doesn’t pay rent or isn’t looking after your property and refuses to move out, no matter what you do.

Relatively stable growth in household credit and mortgage balances.

Ten thriving small businesses have graduated from the rigorous two-year enterprise development incubation programme offered by Property Point: a Growthpoint Initiative.

When distinguished businessperson and critical thinker Dr Reuel Khoza, asked ‘whereto South Africa?’ at the recent SA REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) Association Conference 2016, leaders from the country’s property, financial and investment sectors welcomed his straight-talking vision to move beyond today’s tempestuous political and economic environment with good governance for both state and corporate South Africa.

The consensus view is that it is now less a case of ‘if’ and rather a case of ‘when’ regarding the downgrade of South Africa’s credit rating to junk status by the global rating agencies.

Buying a property franchise is not only a major investment in your financial future but a long-term commitment. 

Richards Bay is one of South Africa’s fastest developing cities, with the country’s second biggest harbour and largest coal export facility in the southern hemisphere, stimulating rapid industrial and commercial expansion and in turn driving urban development. 

Specialist logistics property developer and landlord, Equites Property Fund Limited, today announced that the company anticipates the distribution per share for the year ended 29 February 2016 to be between 95 and 97 cents per share, which is between 55.1% and 58.3% higher than the 61.26 cents per share reported in the annual results for the year ended 28 February 2015.

Buy-to-let properties are an excellent way to generate income during retirement, but how late is too late to get into the game? Bill Rawson, Chairman of the Rawson Property Group, explains the pros and cons of buying a rental property at retirement age.