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Seeff Property Group chairman Samuel Seeff says the 4 November 2026 local government elections will influence property values, investor confidence and demand, arguing municipal service delivery is a direct driver of real estate performance.
The median age of residential property buyers in Botswana has risen to 46 years, the highest since 2021, as expensive mortgages, elevated land and construction costs and weak household incomes push homeownership further beyond the reach of younger Batswana.
Bank lending for cars, appliances and electronics has passed Sh500 billion and moved ahead of real estate credit for the first time, CBK data shows, as lenders turn more cautious on property.
Experts say reclaiming land can create new space for Lagos to build on, but without proper engineering, infrastructure and planning it will not make housing cheaper or better serviced.
Two South Africans on the average take-home pay could qualify for a bond of about R1.5 million, just under what first-time buyers typically pay, but servicing it would consume more than a third of their combined household income, a new analysis shows.
The small coal-mining town of Hattingspruit in KwaZulu-Natal offers homes from under R500,000 in a town where crime has fallen steadily for a decade, but only a handful of sales are registered each year.
A Nigerian developer argues that cheap land on the outskirts of Lagos and Abuja cannot deliver affordable housing on its own, because developers still absorb infrastructure, construction and financing costs.
Organisers have called off the 2026 edition in its traditional format after weak developer participation, as Egyptian developers redirect marketing budgets towards project delivery and weigh returns on exhibition spending more closely.
Cape Town Central tops SAPS's first-quarter crime statistics with a 43.46% crime rate, yet property in the precinct sells above the national average, with prices softening only in the suburbs perceived as high-crime hotspots.