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International buyers account for about 15% of property sales in Barrydale, spending between R2.5 million and R5 million on homes in the Western Cape town, as demand grows for lifestyle properties beyond South Africa's major cities.
Akademia's R3.2 billion campus under construction east of Pretoria is lifting the surrounding property market, with agents reporting surging land prices and rising interest in student accommodation.
Property prices in South Africa's Boland towns of Robertson, Montagu and McGregor are climbing as younger buyers and developers move into the region, according to Pam Golding Properties.
Cape Town ratepayers and civic groups are challenging the city's rising property valuations and municipal tariffs, arguing they are worsening affordability despite the municipality's claims of maintaining the lowest cost basket among South Africa's major metros.
Cape Town civic groups say rising property valuations, tariffs and housing costs are straining households, while the city defends its relief measures and lowest-cost claims.
The City of Johannesburg says pensioner homeowners already approved for property rates rebates will not need to re-apply for the 2026/27 financial year.
Homes in the catchment areas of top Western Cape and Gauteng schools generally cost well over R1 million, with Durbanville averaging about R3 million, new analysis of school districts shows.
South Africa has launched a real estate learnership programme in Mpumalanga, the second province to roll it out, to equip young people from historically disadvantaged communities with skills for careers in the property sector.
Official data from Statistics South Africa shows home values in Limpopo rose 9.5% year on year, making the province the country's second-fastest growing residential property market behind the Western Cape.