Lightstone House Price Indices for April 2019

Lightstone House Price Indices for April 2019 (PDF Download)...

Lightstone examines purchasing trends in Western Cape

The Cape Town Property Market was placed under the spotlight during the recent Cape Town’s Property Buyer’s Show and we provided analyses on the data and trends in this category. Lightstone’s analysis includes ...

The Lightstone Property Forecast for 2019

Positive Sentiment Reflects Amidst an Uncertain Climate

House Price Indices - October 2018

National house price inflation index is at 3.77 %. Lightstone's House Price Indices are based on globally accepted statistical principles with broad application in real estate and property finance.

House Price Indices

Lightstone's House Price Indices are based on globally accepted statistical principles with broad application in real estate and property finance. Lightstone applies a 'repeat sales' methodology as opposed to a general 'average house price' methodology.

Foreigners continue their pursuit for South African Property

Owing to the increasing positive local sentiment since the start of 2018, foreign ownership in the local property market has experienced an encouraging upsurge. In 2017, Lightstone, the trusted provider of comprehensive data and analytics for the property market, released a foreign investment report which indicated the increased appetite within this buying market.

My preferred property type for investment purposes

I am often asked what type of residential properties I focus on when I look to invest. The answer for me has been the same since I started investing in property – sectional title townhouses...

Are you a Goldilocks property investor?

Listening to some potential property investors discuss deals often reminds me of my childhood and my mother reading to me the story of Goldilocks and the three bears...

Flaws in current retirement thinking and the real estate solution

The biggest mistake most people make is to completely outsource their retirement planning and savings to investment advisors...

House prices expected to remain stable in 2018

Not many people will argue that the first quarter of 2018 was an uncertain period with the announcement of Jacob Zuma’s resignation ...

Average bond tenure and trends

Residential property is a worthwhile investment vehicle, providing many young professionals and recently wedded couples with a solid asset to start building their wealth ...

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