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The repo rate hike will probably increase the price of residential rentals and could affect the Consumer Price Index, says FNB.
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/ 7 November 2011
House prices, still 13% below their 2007 peak, are not rising with inflation — and home property values are set to drop even further, analysts say.
An FNB house price and market strength review has shown that houses in former black townships continue to outperform all other housing segments.
The International Monetary Fund says it remains concerned with the potential for a property price bubble in China
Are houses becoming more affordable? Well, yes and no, according to Absa’s House Review 2010.
The property cycle should recover relatively firmly in the second half of the year, Standard Bank said on Thursday.
A person now needs more than R1-million to buy an average home in South Africa.
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/ 11 January 2010
There was good news and bad news for house prices, FNB said on Monday when it released its house-price index.
The outlook for property for 2010, while still mild, was far better than 2009, Alliance Group auctioneers said on Tuesday.
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/ 2 February 2009
The next Monetary Policy Committee meeting will hopefully see some extra relief afforded to consumers in terms of a further drop in the repo rate.
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/ 29 January 2009
The outlook for the residential property market in 2009 remains bleak, Absa said on Thursday.
Year-on-year house price deflation worsened in December to -1,7%, First National Bank said on Monday as it released its house price index.