With limited, modest growth anticipated for the year ahead (2020), it encouraging that the Monetary Policy Committee saw fit to reduce the repo rate by 25bps in order to help kickstart the economy and foster increased confidence among consumers who are feeling the pressure of ever-rising costs.

Market & Opinion

Frail care centres and a mix of residential and commercial properties on online property auction

15 Nov 2019

With a huge pent-up demand for retirement accommodation in South Africa – particularly with quality medical facilities on site – the availability for purchase of three separate leading frail care centres in upmarket retirement villages and three individual two-bedroom units offers lucrative investment opportunities for the savvy buyer.

Market & Opinion

Signs that the residential property market is beginning to stabilise

08 Nov 2019

Until there is greater clarity on the prospects of a recovery in the local economy, the housing market, which remains resilient but is currently weighted in favour of buyers, is unlikely to enter another fully-fledged recovery.

Market & Opinion

A look at the popular Morningside, Sandton

01 Nov 2019

Sandton’s CBD has been dubbed ‘Africa’s richest square mile’ and has been likened to international skyscraper cities such as Manhattan. Just down the road from Sandton lies the upmarket suburb of Morningside: a quiet suburb that has been left relatively unruffled by the surge of Sandton-central’s sudden growth.