Rates went up. The market shrugged. Here is the number that matters.
The July BetterBond Property Brief landed this week, and one sequence of numbers tells you where this market is going.
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The market, read from the northern suburbs.
Considered, data-led commentary on Johannesburg’s luxury property market — what the numbers actually mean for buyers, sellers and developers, decoded by Devon Brough.
Sandton sold R13.5 billion of homes last year. Here is what the number hides.
In 2025 the Sandton residential market moved R13.51 billion across 5,035 transfers.
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The R30 million rebuild is back. Your stand might be the asset.
Pam Golding's CEO reports an uptick in rebuild activity in the R30 million-plus bracket.
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11,700 millionaires. One postcode cluster.
Johannesburg is still Africa's wealthiest city. Around 11,700 US dollar millionaires live here.
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They left. Now they’re buying back in.
For a decade the story was one-directional: skilled South Africans leaving for London, Dubai, Amsterdam, Perth. The 2026 story is different.
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The market is softening. The northern suburbs didn’t get the memo.
FNB's June barometer shows a cooling national market — but Johannesburg's northern-suburbs luxury segment is a different story. Here's what the numbers actually mean.
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