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The case against a Johannesburg housing official accused of fraudulently selling the homes of vulnerable families was postponed for a seventh time on Tuesday, with about 18 alleged victims attending the Lenasia Magistrates' Court.
A Cape Town villa has been used in an alleged scam in which holidaymakers paid for accommodation they never received and estate agents were shown altered ownership documents to win a sole marketing mandate.
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson has announced the removal of 13 companies from the construction industry register for misrepresenting information used to upgrade their grading.
South Africa's average purchase price climbed 5% year on year to R1.76 million in the third quarter of 2026, but first-time buyers' share of home loan applications slipped to 46.5% as deposits thinned and borrowing costs rose.
Kuwait-listed IFA Hotels & Resorts plans to bring about R1 billion a year in real estate to South Africa, starting with a 146-residence launch at Zimbali Lakes on KwaZulu-Natal's North Coast.
Construction has started on Wilgepark, a R3 billion integrated mixed-use precinct on the N3 and N5 corridors in Harrismith, Free State, combining retail, commercial, hospitality and residential space on a single site.
Limpopo's human settlements department says the 514-unit Marapong Community Residential Units project in Lephalale will be completed before the end of the year, with only Eskom electricity connections outstanding, a decade after construction began.
Moneyweb columnist Keith McLachlan weighs JSE-listed retail Reits against population and finds South Africa, and Gauteng in particular, carrying more shopping-centre space per person than its income level would suggest.
The body representing institutional residential landlords says tenants face a tough year as electricity, fuel and municipal costs climb, with the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement offering little immediate relief.