Nominal house price growth of 15.4% year-on-year (y/y) was recorded in February from a revised 15.4% in January, according to the latest Absa House Price Index. This brings the average price of a house in the survey to 891,700 rand in February 2007.However, the researchers pointed to growth potentially levelling off again later in the year.

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