Namibia is experiencing increasing interest from South African home buyers, mainly among those seeking to acquire homes in Windhoek and leisure and residential properties in Swakopmund

From a residential property market perspective, the historically low interest rate, which has remained relatively stable in recent years, serves as a confidence booster for home buyers, particularly those with mortgage bonds and who continue to feel the impact of rising energy, fuel and food costs.

While the market in residential property developments has slowed and many of the smaller borderline developers have all but disappeared in these lean times, there have been “bright spots in the market and indications are that the development market is in the process of a gradual recovery”, says Pam Golding Properties (PGP), Hyde Park region development manager, Peet Strauss. 

Construction is at an advanced stage at the new mixed-use development, Beacon Rock, which has already become a landmark building at the upgraded entrance to uMhlanga Village on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast.

In 2012 Karoo farms attracted substantial interest from the full spectrum of South African farm buyers, reports Wayne Rubidge, manager for Pam Golding Properties in the Karoo.

Amid political uncertainty, Moody’s downgrade, talk of dramatically increasing Eskom tariffs, the mining tragedy and ongoing volatility and concerns regarding the manufacturing sector in general to name but a few, South Africa’s image overseas has been negatively impacted and investment into the country affected, not to mention the crisis in the Eurozone.

In today's competitive world of real estate, forward-thinking companies are always looking to reinvent innovative methods of marketing their products and attracting new business, says Dr Andrew Golding, CE of the Pam Golding Property group.

Having rapidly become entrenched at the forefront of the property market in the Plattekloof area since being launched in 2009, Prima Estates, under the leadership of Lani De Lima, has joined Pam Golding Properties.

Renowned for its flyfishing and scenic mountains, the picturesque town of Dullstroom in Mpumalanga is seeing renewed interest in property in the area, including leisure homes and farms...

Competing against real estate agencies around the globe, Pam Golding Properties (PGP) has been awarded Gold for Best Estate Agency in Africa by the international Overseas Property Professional (OPP) Awards for Excellence in 2012 held in London. In addition, PGP received the Silver Award in the category for Best Global Estate Agency.