The average age of tenants in the South African residential market has crept up and so has their average rental payment, which breached the R9,000 mark in the last quarter of 2024.

According to rental property management company Payprop’s index for the period, 6.8% of tenants were older than 60, compared with 5.8% two years prior, and the number of renters between 20 and 29 dropped one percentage point. ..

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