Section · Nº 08 of 10
Property.
Sectional title, Sea Point flats, Joburg short-term rentals and the residential and commercial market shifts shaping where South Africans live and invest.
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Market Watch
The Cape Town property slowdown nobody is talking about
Listing times in Camps Bay are up 40%. Prices in Constantia have dropped for three consecutive quarters. The Atlantic seaboard boom that ran from 2018 to 2024 is over — and the agents who made millions during it are quietly diversifying.
New Model
The apartment as the new South African dream
For three generations, the standalone house with a wall and a garden was the aspiration. Now sectional title is outselling freehold in every major metro — and not because buyers can't afford houses. They've just stopped wanting them.
Side Hustle
How to make R100,000 a month from a Joburg flat
Short-term rental property investing has turned a generation of Johannesburg landlords into micro-hoteliers — earning more per night than a Sandton lodge. We followed three investors through the numbers, the risks, and the neighbours who hate them.