If you’ve been sitting on the fence about buying a house and doubting whether real estate is the great investment it used to be, now is the time to take a leap! Although several property economists in South Africa have recently been saying that renting a home is preferable to buying, don’t let this [...]

According to our research more than 8% of all South African homeowners with mortgage bonds are still underwater with their loans (where balances are higher than values), hinting that there are more distressed sales still to come. In effect, this will continue to restrain price growth in some areas, and create major constraints for certain [...]