Ten years ago, the construction sector was moving at half speed after two decades of reduced activity levels, ever since the great 1970s infrastructure boom had ended

It should not come as too much of a surprise that growth in residential property transactions broadly slowed as 2011 progressed, as did growth in residential mortgages registered.

False assumptions often reveal a deep-rooted ignorance as to the rules of property purchasing and how to finance transactions

Contrasting market performances between Major Metros, Holiday Towns and Former Black Townships during 2011

The FNB Estate Agent Survey suggests that the metro market segment that agents define as the Lower Income Segment showed the strongest demand-supply “fundamentals” of the 4 “suburban” income segments during 2011

South African Banks’ voluntary sales programmes for defaulting debtors are growing throughout the country

The third quarter has shown mild improvement on the previous quarter in terms of the growth in building completions.

With a new national census in the offing, the trends inherent in the latest population estimates released by StatsSA already spell good opportunities that some clever property developers and investors have started to scen

The continuing low interest rate environment and slight increases in disposable income have sustained nominal property value growth

More home owners are selling their properties to downscale due to financial pressure, according to the latest FNB Estate Agent Home Buying Survey released on Tuesday.