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Average property sale prices in the Table View police precinct have risen 25% to cross R2 million for the first time, while recorded crime climbed 5.7%, pushing pensioners out of the Cape Town suburb.
Stellenbosch University provides beds for about 7,500 of its more than 30,000 students, leaving the majority to compete for private rental housing in a town where industry estimates put South Africa’s student accommodation shortfall at 500,000 to 780,000 beds.
Kenya Reinsurance Corporation’s Reinsurance Plaza, an 18-storey commercial building at the junction of Aga Khan Walk and Taifa Road, anchors the state insurer’s Nairobi property portfolio alongside Kenya Re Towers and Anniversary Towers.
Ghana’s State Housing Company is offering 195 homes for sale with a five per cent discount, with two-bedroom units priced from GH¢950,000 and buyers encouraged to use pension contributions as mortgage equity.
Fibre network operator Dark Fibre Africa says it will use new commercial and residential property developments as a channel to expand coverage, after completing the first phase of an R800m network upgrade.
Ghana’s National Housing Fund plans to launch an EasyRent scheme before the end of 2026 to offer low-interest rent advances, alongside fresh investment in social housing and a national homebuyers database.
Land prices are climbing in Masokani and neighbouring settlements along the Kangundo Road corridor in Machakos County, as developers subdivide plots and buyers look beyond Nairobi’s crowded urban centres.
Repeated kidnappings and attacks around Kaduna metropolis are forcing residents to abandon their homes for rented apartments in the city, driving rents sharply higher and threatening the investments of low-income homeowners.
The average transaction price in Hout Bay has climbed to around R8.5 million as limited supply and competition between local and international buyers push luxury values sharply higher, according to Seeff and Propstats data.