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A wooden model house beside stacks of gold coins and a magnifying glass, a column of red blocks with icons for growth, money, tenants, maintenance and a warning sign, and PayProp's Michelle Dickens on the right, with apartment blocks behind

By Neale PetersenNovember 10, 2026

Rents hit a record R9,715, but higher rent doesn't mean better returns. PayProp's Michelle Dickens on five red flags every landlord should check.

Commercial

SA REITs target 16%–18% returns as funding costs fall

SBG Securities sees SA REITs returning 16%–18% over the next 12 months as falling funding costs protect distributions, with DIPS growth of 6%–7% in 2026.

A convenience retail centre in Collins Property Group's portfolio at dusk: a white gabled building with solar panels on the roof, a covered walkway, brightly lit shop windows and a row of trolleys outside

Commercial

Collins Property Group HEPS up 27.1% on asset sales

Collins Property Group's HEPS rose 27.1% to 75 cents and its dividend 5.8% to 55 cents, as R342m of property sales helped cut its loan-to-value ratio to 49%.

Penny Cavaleros in a red gown speaking at a lectern beside Alexi Cavaleros, in front of a wall of black-and-white photographs from the Cavaleros family's 100-year history

People in Property

From Shopfitters to Property Giants: Cavaleros turns 100

The Cavaleros Group turns 100: from a 1926 Johannesburg shopfitter to a property group targeting African hotels, data centres and 250ha in Brackenfell.

A clipboard headed 'Rental Deposit Landlord Checklist' with four ticked items: earns interest, joint inspections (move-in and move-out), lawful deductions (with receipts) and refund within 7, 14 or 21 days, beside a model house, stacked coins, house keys, a pen and a calendar with 'Refund deadline' circled in red

Asset Management

Deposit Refunds: The deadlines SA landlords get wrong

Landlords must refund rental deposits within 7, 14 or 21 days, credit tenants the interest and inspect jointly, or risk losing their damage claims.

A white Cape Town house with a pool below Table Mountain, a 'Cape Town home on auction' sign, a red '59% below valuation' banner and a wooden gavel labelled 'Sheriff auction'

ResidentialNovember 9, 2026

Cape Town home heads to auction 59% below valuation

Aerial view of Riebeek Kasteel: green-roofed houses among tall trees in the foreground, orchards under netting, fields and dams beyond, and a mountain range on the horizon under a blue sky

ResidentialNovember 6, 2026

Riebeek Kasteel prices surge as R19.5m estate hits market

Exemplar REITail CEO Jason McCormick in front of an aerial view of Leratong City mall, with Checkers and PEP stores and a busy parking lot

CommercialNovember 5, 2026

Exemplar dividend rises 6.7% as township retail expands

A car carrier loaded with Mercedes-Benz sedans drives past a Mercedes-Benz factory, with US and South African flags, port cranes, a container ship and a falling red chart behind it

BusinessNovember 5, 2026

Mercedes-Benz scale-back threat clouds East London property market

NEPI Rockcastle CEO Marek Noetzel, arms folded, in a bright modern shopping mall with shoppers and storefronts behind him

CommercialNovember 5, 2026

NEPI Rockcastle targets €13bn European property empire

The rooftop pool at The Cape Town EDITION under a lattice of angled concrete beams, with loungers on both sides and the sea and mountains at sunset

CommercialNovember 5, 2026

Africa's First EDITION hotel opens at Cape Town Waterfront

A woman standing beside the Capri Village site development plan, in front of bookshelves

ResidentialNovember 5, 2026

Capri Village redefines retirement living on KZN's North Coast

A hand signing a property document on a desk beside house keys, a small model house and a December calendar with a date circled in red, with a lit Christmas tree behind

ResidentialNovember 5, 2026

Buying before December? 10 Property Transfer Checks

Redefine's Alice Lane office towers in Sandton, Johannesburg, two angled glass towers with a digital billboard at their base, photographed from the street at dusk under a blue sky

CommercialNovember 3, 2026

Redefine profits rise 7.5% as SA property recovery accelerates

A hand drops a coin into a pale blue piggy bank beside a model house with a red roof that another hand rests on

FinanceNovember 3, 2026

SA homebuyer deposits jump 21.7% as banks tighten lending

A hand drops a ballot marked 'Local Elections 4 Nov 2026' into a ballot box painted in the South African flag, between Cape Town with Table Mountain and the Johannesburg skyline, beside road signs to Cape Town and Johannesburg and icons for service delivery, infrastructure, security, housing supply, development approvals and property values

NewsNovember 2, 2026

Could SA's elections reshape property values and semigration?

Infographic: SA REITs +2.4% in October, year to date +6.5%, bonds +5.7% and equities -3.6%, beside wooden blocks spelling REITs, rising stacks of coins and a green arrow over a share chart, with glass office buildings and a city skyline at dusk; along the bottom: 18 of 22 counters higher, 11.09% distribution growth, strong balance sheets, R1.25bn Fairvest capital raise and budget supports bond market

CommercialNovember 2, 2026

SA REITs gain 2.4% in October, outpacing equities and bonds

A smiling Black businesswoman in a black blazer holds up a house key on a house-shaped key ring and a tablet in front of apartment blocks, with Table Mountain and the Cape Town skyline at sunset behind her and a glowing +146% above rising bars and an arrow

ResidentialNovember 2, 2026

Black women drive 146% surge in SA property investors

CommercialNovember 2, 2026

Rebosis collapse: How debt wiped out REIT shareholders

A mud-stained yellow hard hat and rolled-up building plans on a construction site at sunset, with a half-built concrete frame and scaffolding behind, and a man in black holding a wad of R200 notes behind his back

CommercialNovember 2, 2026

Construction mafia costs industry 63bn rand as enforcement lags

Aerial view of a walled development of three-storey brick apartment blocks with rooftop solar panels, surrounded by dense township housing under a blue sky

ResidentialNovember 2, 2026

Alleyroads unravels: R5bn housing portfolio faces asset sales

A family of three seen from behind looking at a modern house with Table Mountain beyond, next to a wooden house outline with arrows pointing in to a smaller home, and two model houses on growing stacks of coins with a red arrow rising between them

Partner ContentNovember 2, 2026

R1m buys less house as SA property prices lag inflation

Artist's impression of the 35-storey ThirtyFour18 tower, with FOUR18 signage near the top, rising above Cape Town's Foreshore with Table Mountain behind it

ResidentialOctober 29, 2026

Cape Town's R2.5bn Tower signals major investment boom

Three panellists seated and a speaker at the GBCSA lectern on stage at the Green Building Convention 2026, beneath a screen reading 'Seeing the Green Savings: Research on How Green Apartment Residents Think About their Utility Spend'

ResidentialOctober 29, 2026

Green Homes could save owners R21,000 a year

Two-storey grey-and-white industrial building with tall windows showing a solar-panel graphic, a row of shrubs along the front and a shaded parking area, in Airport Industria, Cape Town

CommercialOctober 29, 2026

Industrial Property: Where R30m buys the best returns

Delegates and pledgers on stage at the 2026 KwaZulu-Natal Investment Conference, in front of a screen showing total pledged investment of R124,576bn, 49 pledges and 337 816 jobs

ResidentialOctober 28, 2026

R3bn Bahari Bay signals New Growth for KZN South Coast

Golden Key apartment block in Die Bult, Potchefstroom: two-storey face-brick building with a grey entrance arch, an open staircase and round clipped trees along a paved path

CommercialOctober 28, 2026

New Medical School boosts Potchefstroom property outlook

Aerial view of a new housing development, with cleared plots and a freshly tarred cul-de-sac beside an established suburb of tiled-roof houses with solar panels

ResidentialOctober 27, 2026

SA housing construction: The provinces investors are missing

LegalOctober 27, 2026

PPRA: Estate access fees face scrutiny as FFC deadline nears

Render of Menlyn Park Apartments' Gobie Street: white apartment blocks either side of a landscaped street with trees, parked cars and people walking

ResidentialOctober 27, 2026

R850m Menlyn development to deliver 1,200 rental homes

A 'For Sale' sign in front of modern white houses with Table Mountain and the Cape Town city bowl behind, under the headline 'SA housing market holds firm as banks compete for buyers' and panels reading 5% house price growth year-on-year, -0.83% best bank discounts since 2009 and 2.1% home loan applications up quarter-on-quarter

FinanceOctober 26, 2026

SA housing market holds firm as banks compete for buyers

Lephalale Mall: large teal letters spelling Lephalale Mall on a stone gabion wall in front of the single-storey centre, with Game, Wimpy, Checkers, Crazy Plastics and Rochester signage under a blue sky

CommercialOctober 26, 2026

R2bn Dipula - Moolman deal clears key regulatory hurdle

Architectural render of Pinelands Village on a street corner: a Checkers store with a patterned green facade, outdoor seating and planters, shoppers on the pavement and cars on the surrounding roads

CommercialOctober 26, 2026

Rapfund's new Pinelands retail hub lands Checkers, Dis-Chem

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Full Snapshot

Repo rate (SARB)
Monetary Policy Committee rate · 10 Nov 2026
7.25%
+0.25pp on 25 Sep 2026
Prime lending rate
Standard bank variable rate · 10 Nov 2026
10.75%
+0.25pp on 25 Sep 2026
Inflation (CPI)
Consumer price index (YoY) · Sep 2026
4.5%
+0.1pp from 4.4% in Aug 2026
Rand / US dollar
ECB reference rate · 10 Nov 2026
R16.40to $1
−1.46% vs 3 Nov (R16.64)
National house price index
(Stats SA HPI, YoY) · May 2026
8.2%
National house price growth
(Lightstone Index, YoY) · Sep 2026
5.9%
Average national rent
(All residential properties) · Q2 2026
R9,715per month
+4.6% YoY (Q2 2026)
National rental growth
(All residential properties, YoY) · Q2 2026
5.2%
+0.5pp QoQ (Q2 2026)
SA REIT sector
Total return (October 2026)
+2.4%
SA REIT sector
Total return (2026 YTD)
+6.5%
Diesel 0.05% wholesale coastal
(DMPR, 4 November 2026)
R29.98per litre
−R1.10 vs October
Petrol 95 coastal
(DMPR, 4 November 2026)
R29.37per litre
−1c vs October