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Drawing from Lightstone Property market data, this dataset tracks property purchasing trends among young South Africans (aged 35 and under) across three snapshot years: 2005, 2015, and 2025. It compares buying volume across two core demographics: 30 and under and 31–35 years.
Last updated: 28 July 2026
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Drawing from Lightstone Property market data, this dataset tracks property purchasing trends among young South Africans (aged 35 and under) across three snapshot years: 2005, 2015, and 2025. It breaks down buying patterns by gender and ownership structure, comparing single-buyer demographics against joint male-female, female-female, and male-male purchases.
Last updated: 28 July 2026
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How many new homes, and how much new floor space, larger municipalities recorded as completed each month since January 2000, for South Africa and each of the nine provinces. It counts completed dwelling-houses (smaller than 80 square metres, and 80 square metres or more) and flats and townhouses, and gives the floor area in square metres of these and of other completed buildings: other residential buildings, office and banking space, shopping space, industrial and warehouse space, and additions and alterations. Because it measures buildings actually finished rather than planned, it shows the new supply of homes and commercial space reaching the market, and the split by house size shows the balance between smaller and larger homes.
Last updated: 27 October 2026
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The value of building plans passed by larger municipalities each month since January 2000, for South Africa and each of the nine provinces. Plans passed are an early indicator of construction: they show what has been approved to be built before work starts. The value is broken down by type of building (houses smaller than 80 square metres and 80 square metres or more, flats and townhouses, office and banking space, shopping space, industrial and warehouse space, and additions and alterations), so you can see where new housing is planned and which provinces are attracting commercial and industrial development. Values are in rands at current prices, not adjusted for inflation.
Last updated: 27 October 2026
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How much building work South Africa's larger municipalities approve and see completed each month, measured by value, since January 2000. Building plans passed show what developers, businesses and homeowners have permission to build, so they signal where construction is heading; buildings reported as completed show what was actually finished, usually many months later. Both are given for all buildings and split into residential buildings, non-residential buildings (such as offices, shops and factories) and additions and alterations. Every series comes at current prices and at constant 2019 prices, which remove the effect of inflation so years can be compared fairly, and in both actual and seasonally adjusted form.
Last updated: 27 October 2026
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