Bigen Africa, a South African infrastructural development company, has expressed interest in partnering Ghanaian real estate companies to build affordable houses for the poor and middle income earners

Having invested in more than R7.8 billion worth of projects across South Africa’s major cities, private equity funder International Housing Solutions (IHS), is set to roll out its first 'gap' residential development in the province of KwaZulu-Natal

Landlords in South Africa in recent years have sometimes had the impression that the courts, in their endeavour to comply with the constitutional right of citizens to have “access to adequate housing”, have been overly sympathetic to tenants

RBA Holdings returns to profitability, reporting full-year headline earnings per share of 2.16c.

Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande says even addressing maintenance backlogs in student accommodation without adding new infrastructure will cost R4,4bn

The primary social benefit of this sector of the housing market cannot be denied but there is a bigger, indirect, benefit that affordable housing and construction provides

It should not come as too much of a surprise that growth in residential property transactions broadly slowed as 2011 progressed, as did growth in residential mortgages registered.

If being accepted at university is like gold dust, suitable, affordable accommodation is like striking a gold mine

Contrasting market performances between Major Metros, Holiday Towns and Former Black Townships during 2011

In the residential property sector a major highlight is the fact that in 2011 new developments dropped off by some 70% compared to the levels of 2006/2007