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A new Codera Analytics review of prices and rents in Gauteng and the Western Cape shows higher gross rental yields in Gauteng, where cheaper entry prices give investors more income per rand spent.
The number of purely commercial developments in Cape Town's record R12.8-billion Central City Improvement District construction pipeline doubled year on year, according to the CCID's State of Cape Town Central City Report 2025.
Stakeholders argue that rising construction-material costs, not a shortage of building effort, are deepening Nigeria's housing deficit, and want incentives for domestic manufacturing.
Uganda's lands minister says the government is fast-tracking the Real Estate Bill to professionalise the property sector, protect the public from fraudulent transactions and improve access to housing finance.
African contractors must position themselves to win a meaningful share of a continental construction market projected to reach US$330 billion by 2031, the Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association says.
A housing market that performs well for investors can perform poorly for the people who need somewhere to live, writes independent economist John Loos, who argues South Africa should judge the market by supply and affordability, not just capital growth.
South Africa's largest privately owned multi-let industrial property company has opened an outsourced fulfilment operation at Electron Exchange in Johannesburg, following a successful rollout in Cape Town.
The Kenya Army has briefed troops at Kahawa Garrison on a newly established Kenya Defence Forces mortgage scheme that aims to give military personnel and their families structured access to affordable homeownership.
Nigeria's housing ministry has set up a 15-member ministerial committee to turn validated stakeholder recommendations into an implementation framework for housing sector reforms, giving it six weeks to deliver a work plan.