The Property Bureau

14/05/2026

Cape Town winters are not kind to neglected rentals. A morning spent on these three checks now will save you a midnight call about a flooded passage in July.

If your managing agent is not already doing this for you, that is worth a conversation.

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30/04/2026

https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/2026-04-30-city-of-cape-towns-fixed-tariffs-declared-unlawful-and-invalid-by-western-cape-high-court/

The Western Cape High Court has ruled that the City of Cape Town's fixed tariffs are unconstitutional, impacting the 2025/2026 budget.

11/04/2026

Cape Town rents are up 5 to 7% year on year and vacancies in the Southern Suburbs and City are sitting well below the long term average.
Good properties are letting in under two weeks. If you are a tenant, do not wait. If you are a landlord, your asset is working harder than most.
The market speaks for itself.
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26/09/2016

We try to answer four questions that keep coming up in our client conversations:

1. Is there really a migration from Gauteng to the Western Cape?
2. Have the fabled Northern Cape growth rates come back down to earth?
3. What’s going on in Limpopo?
4. Are consumers any better off?

Enjoy these insights and more, http://buff.ly/2cxYwvZ

23/09/2016

The average South African rental for the second quarter of 2016 was R6 570.50, a 6.4% increase from the same period in 2015.

14/06/2016

Absolutely 100% - I would add that the southern suburbs are also doing very well where we are seeing strong yearly escalations and good returns on investment. This is the market to be in in my opinion, a little more safer , a lot less expensive, giving strong yields.
Long shall it continue for our landlords.


http://www.property24.com/articles/cape-towns-rental-market-offers-investors-solid-returns/24185?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=agent_newsletter

Cape Town’s rental inflation for 2015 was 9.6%, higher than the national average of 6%, and savvy buyers should cash in on this lucrative market.

14/05/2016

http://www.property24.com/articles/slowing-house-price-growth-stalls-for-now/24028

The FNB House Price Index’s year-on-year inflation rate for April ‘clings stickily’ to levels slightly above the 6% mark, reflecting zero ‘real’ inflation.

04/05/2016

http://www.wri.co.za/NewsPublications/NewsArticle.aspx?CategoryID=1&articleId=1580&Type=Primary #.VymyI8hXeJI

I bought a house a few months ago. The municipality issued a rates clearance certificate to the seller and the property was transferred in my name. When I recently queried a high water account with my municipality, the municipality responded by saying that there is still quite a large arrear debt ag...

03/04/2016

Advice on how to set a rental amount, what could go wrong and what the tax implications of rental income are.

23/03/2016

https://www.facebook.com/paulincapetown/posts/10153554173391313

When you sell property, the agreement should include clearly stated conditions relating to payment, writes Carmel Rickard

22/03/2016

http://www.property24.com/articles/rands-decline-boosting-sas-high-end-rentals/23794

The first place to start your property search with over 200 000 houses, private property, flats, farms, repossessed property for sale & to rent by estate agents. Property24.com