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The areas formerly classified as "black areas" under apartheid have outperformed the former white "suburbs" in terms of house price growth, according to an FNB index.
The FNB former black township house price index for major metro regions rose by 8.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, First National Bank household and consumer strategist John Loos said in a statement on Tuesday.
"This was mildly higher than the 6.3 percent recorded for the entire market in the six major metros -- Ethekwini, Cape Town, Nelson Mandela Bay, Ekurhuleni, Joburg, and Tshwane," he said.
"This growth also represents an improvement on the first quarter's 5.7 percent for township regions."
Around the 2008/9 recession and interest peak, the index saw a significant deflation, reaching a -15.1 percent year-on-year decline in the second quarter of 2009, compared to the metros' -4.5 percent decline.
"But when the market has periods of strengthening, such as in 2009/2010... one also saw the township house price growth rate rebounding more impressively than the overall market off a low base," Loos said.
"Therefore, we should perhaps expect the township house price growth rate to mildly outperform the rest in the near term, with the residential market going through a relatively good patch, with interest rates low and access to credit for entry-level buyers good."
Source : Sapa /aa/jje/ks/jk
Date : 06 Aug 2013 13:55
The FNB former black township house price index for major metro regions rose by 8.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, First National Bank household and consumer strategist John Loos said in a statement on Tuesday.
"This was mildly higher than the 6.3 percent recorded for the entire market in the six major metros -- Ethekwini, Cape Town, Nelson Mandela Bay, Ekurhuleni, Joburg, and Tshwane," he said.
"This growth also represents an improvement on the first quarter's 5.7 percent for township regions."
Around the 2008/9 recession and interest peak, the index saw a significant deflation, reaching a -15.1 percent year-on-year decline in the second quarter of 2009, compared to the metros' -4.5 percent decline.
"But when the market has periods of strengthening, such as in 2009/2010... one also saw the township house price growth rate rebounding more impressively than the overall market off a low base," Loos said.
"Therefore, we should perhaps expect the township house price growth rate to mildly outperform the rest in the near term, with the residential market going through a relatively good patch, with interest rates low and access to credit for entry-level buyers good."
Source : Sapa /aa/jje/ks/jk
Date : 06 Aug 2013 13:55