South Africa: News Archive

MAY 2009

• South Africa Property Market - Now for the good property news - PR LOG

FEBRUARY 2009

• South African property market recovery being hampered - Property Wire

JANUARY 2009

• No relief for property market - The Times SA
• Global recession tentacles are reaching SA - Mail and Guardian on

DECEMBER 2008

• Property market in South Africa bottoming out - Property Wire

NOVEMBER 2008

• Local Property Market Outlook Bleak - All Africa
• Further slowdown of house prices - ABSA
• SA Housing review, Q4 - ABSA

JULY 2008

• In South Africa, agent’s memo predicting 40 percent drop in luxury home prices creates stir - IHT
• Property investor interest in South Africa growing but Zimbabwe remains a 'dark cloud' - Property Wire

JUNE 2008

• Credit crunch bite in South Africa could be good for property investors - Property Wire

MAY 2008

• South Africa to weather the credit crunch storm, bank predicts - Property Wire

APRIL 2008

• A haven for the wealthy - The weekender
• Borrowing likely to show ease - Business Day

MARCH 2008

• Durban regenerated - Times Online

FEBRUARY 2008

• Rising interest rates slowing property market in S/Africa - Business Day
• Dubai real estate developer showcases iconic properties in South Africa - Gowealthy.com

JANUARY 2008

• House price growth low - The Times SA
• Twilight of the dogs - Financial Mail

OCTOBER 2007

• Surviving the interest rate squeeze - Moneyweb
• Property overseas: Sun, sea and sand-traps - Telegraph UK
• House prices off the boil - The Sunday Times

SEPTEMBER 2007

• No boom, but not all doom and gloom - Propety 24
• High rates set to slow house price growth - Sowetan

AUGUST 2007

• Gauteng tops home sales, Cape tops cost - Business Report
• House Prices Signal Continuing Downturn - Business Day
• House price growth slows slightly - The Sunday Times
• Home owners to suffer after another interest rate hike - The Mercury
• Rising bond repayments are locking out first-time homeowners - Sunday Times
• Rate hike to pressure property - iAfrica Business
• Rate Hike - Business Day
• Increase in house prices at lowest level in seven years - Business Report
• Rate Hikes Slow Rise in House Prices - Business Day
• House prices fall in real terms - Business iafrica.com
• Mboweni fires off interest rate warning - Independent online
• Big demand for beginner houses - Business Day

JULY 2007

• Western Cape Slows House Price Rise - Business Day
• Traffic congestion revives popularity of central suburbs - Business Day
• In South Africa, agent’s memo predicting 40 percent drop in luxury home prices creates stir - IHT

JUNE 2007

• ’Interest rate too low’ - Namibian.com
• South Africans must earn R36 000 pm to buy a house - Helderberg.com
• State to chase up banks on housing spend - Business Report
• House Price Growth Slowing Again: ABSA - Business Day
• Credit law briefly inflates house prices - Business Report
• House price growth stuns the sceptics - Business Day
• National Credit Act boosts home sales - Moneyweb

MAY 2007

• Spain sends African migrants home - BBC News
• Building boom to last longer - eProp.co.za
• A new leader for the opposition - The Economist
• Constraints to house price growth - business.iafrica.com
• House price growth is stagnant - business.iafrica.com

APRIL 2007

• Risk of interest rate hike remains - iAfrica Business

MARCH 2007

• Fall in house price growth slows - Fin24
• Jo’burg half as expensive as world?s costliest city - Mail & Guardian onli
• February house price growth slows down - Citizen.co.za

FEBRUARY 2007

• House price fall may keep interest rate down - Cape Times

JANUARY 2007

• ’House price growth to keep dipping’ - News24
• Property to slow in 2007 - Business in Africa

DECEMBER 2006

• Borrowers will end year poorer after offensive against more debt - Business Report
• Foreign interest in South Africa residential property drops - Business Day
• Retail set for sparkling 2007 - Business Day

NOVEMBER 2006

• Pam Golding targets rest of Africa - Business Report
• Karoo Town: High Value, Low Crime - Property24
• Property price chill ?set to continue? - Business Day
• Real Estate Funds - Funds of Property Funds - eProp.co.za
• South Africa: Healthy Rate of Growth Maintained - Business Day
• Rising rates rein in housing market - Business Report

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Low-cost housing gets promises aplenty but dismal delivery - Business Report

AUGUST 2006

• You can make good money on property - Personal Finance
• Higher rates rock investors - Fin24
• GDP results raise the bar on interest rates - Sunday Times
• Interest rates ’have hit housing’ - iafrica.com
• Residential property market cooling off; barometer - Business Day

JUNE 2006

• South Africa’s townships get piece of housing boom - IHT
• Shacks in South Africa can garner fancy prices - International HeraLd

MARCH 2006

• Analysts give mixed forecast on SA’s first-quarter growth - Business Report
• Land ownership limits shouldn’t hurt investment, say researchers - Business Report

FEBRUARY 2006

• South Africa could soon be off limits - Fly2Let
• Soweto swept up in SA property boom - IOL
• Property could pick up again - Sunday Times
• African reservations - Timesonline

JANUARY 2006

• Cape Town’s smartest investors - Moneyweb
• Housing prices to see 12-15% growth - Sunday Times

DECEMBER 2005

• Africa report 2005 (pdf) - Knight Frank

JULY 2005

• Luxury, au naturel, in Cape Town - IHT