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The small coal-mining town of Hattingspruit in KwaZulu-Natal offers homes from under R500,000 in a town where crime has fallen steadily for a decade, but only a handful of sales are registered each year.
A Nigerian developer argues that cheap land on the outskirts of Lagos and Abuja cannot deliver affordable housing on its own, because developers still absorb infrastructure, construction and financing costs.
Organisers have called off the 2026 edition in its traditional format after weak developer participation, as Egyptian developers redirect marketing budgets towards project delivery and weigh returns on exhibition spending more closely.
Cape Town Central tops SAPS's first-quarter crime statistics with a 43.46% crime rate, yet property in the precinct sells above the national average, with prices softening only in the suburbs perceived as high-crime hotspots.
TMG Holding chief executive Hisham Talaat Moustafa says Egypt's property market is normalising after the inflation-driven surge of 2023-2024, pointing to a 99.6% collection rate while acknowledging stress among smaller developers.
Average sale prices are trending down in nine Cape Town suburbs even as the wider city market keeps rising, with sectional-title sales dragging prices lower in areas such as Gardens, Mowbray and Wynberg.
The Institution of Surveyors of Kenya has flagged drainage, basement and roof risks for apartments and homes ahead of expected El Nino rains, urging owners and managers to inspect and maintain buildings early.
Egypt's Industrial Development Bank and the Urban Development Fund have signed a cooperation protocol to provide financing for citizens buying units in urban development projects in governorate capitals and major cities.
Investment buyers accounted for a record 14% of South African home loan applications earlier this year, with more than 30% of Western Cape applications tied to buy-to-let purchases, according to lending data.