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August 2022
As South Africa celebrates Women’s Month in August, where the country honours the more than 2 Lightstone puts the spotlight on women’s growing participation in the economy.
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July 2022
South Africa’s property market is showing signs of sustainable recovery following a drop in sales caused by Covid-19. Total residential property transfers are on track to match or exceed 2021 while the value of transactions has soared, driven by higher prices in the Western Cape.
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June 2022
The SA property market has come through the Covid-19 pandemic better than anticipated, Hayley Ivins-Downes told viewers who attended a recent Nedbank Private Wealth webinar, and she explains why in our lead story.
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May 2022
South Africa’s residential market is rebounding in certain places and in specific price bands, and there are still pockets of opportunity for those who want to get into the market.
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April 2022
Property inflation in all three property types increased exponentially from 2019 to mid-2021 after four years of decline, and then Freehold and Sectional Title inflation began drifting downwards while Estate properties held steady.
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March 2022
Residential property sales have made up ground lost during Covid and transfer volumes could be on track to break the 300 000 level last seen in 2008. In our lead story 2021 residential property sales recover from Covid we report that the total value of transfers in 2021 reached an all time high of R326 billion.
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February 2022
The residential market is showing signs of rejuvenation after two years of Covid-19 stress, and while property transfers overall are still trending negatively, the upper middle and luxury bands have proved more resilient. In Residential market bouncing back after Covid blues, we look at transfer numbers nationally and in the big provinces, and then assesses transfers across the different property bands.
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January 2022
Despite the uncertainties and challenges facing South Africa’s residential property market, Lightstone’s scenarios for house price inflation (HPI) in 2022 are similar to what was anticipated for 2021, and what actually played out. Last year’s HPI was 4.35%, just above the mid HPI scenario of the 4% forecasted. We have settled on 4.2% as our mid HPI scenario for 2022 and this could nudge higher if reformist government policies take precedence over the friction within the ruling party. Time will tell!
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