PROPERTY
Rentals in Mother City are holding up
Property owners renting on a short-term basis are achieving above-inflation growth, says Andrew Golding
Cape Town’s short-term residential rental market is bucking the national trend of weak demand due to easing water restrictions and a tourist uptick. Pam Golding Properties CEO Andrew Golding said that owners who rented their properties out on a short-term basis were achieving rental growth that was still above inflation. This was while short-term rental growth was about 3% and 4% in Gauteng and Durban. "There is a wide range but anyone who rents a property in Cape Town should get a rental yield of between 8% and 10% at least. We are still seeing luxury properties rented out for as much as R20,000 a day despite the recession," he said. The average national rental escalation is about 3.75%, the weakest since the 2008-09 global economic crisis, according to TPN Credit Bureau data. Other parts of the Western Cape are also experiencing relatively strong rental growth. According to quarterly data released by TPN, the Western Cape’s average rental escalation was 7.86% at the end of June. I...
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