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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.
Four plots in De Tijger, Parow, will be auctioned on 17 September with starting prices from R200,000, but each has been affected by a landslide and some still carry homes that will have to be demolished.
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.
Average sale prices are trending down in nine Cape Town suburbs even as the wider city market keeps rising, with sectional-title sales dragging prices lower in areas such as Gardens, Mowbray and Wynberg.
Urbanist Edgar Pieterse told The Gathering 2026 that South Africa delivered an ambitious housing programme but failed to build liveable cities, and proposed three ways to change course.
Investment buyers accounted for a record 14% of South African home loan applications earlier this year, with more than 30% of Western Cape applications tied to buy-to-let purchases, according to lending data.
Township and rural shopping centres are extending their lead over suburban malls on returns while becoming the primary formal, serviced space in many communities, according to Absa's MSCI South Africa index and industry players.
A new Codera Analytics review of prices and rents in Gauteng and the Western Cape shows higher gross rental yields in Gauteng, where cheaper entry prices give investors more income per rand spent.