Market Review: JANUARY TO JUNE 2022
Category Property Investment
The Cape Town residential property market has shown early signs of recovery in the first half of 2022. When speaking with agent colleagues around the City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard they have generally reported experiencing more buyer activity, with those buyers being more focussed in their search and making relatively quicker decisions when buying. There is a consensus that we are finally coming out of the bottom of the property cycle and beginning the road to recovery. It is 'early days' and hopefully it is a sustained upturn in the property market cycle, as we move steadily out of a buyers' market. The 'back to business' environment that has followed lockdowns and restrictions, coupled with overseas visitor numbers returning to levels close to those last seen in 2019, has started to filter through to renewed confidence in the property market. Both local and international buyers are actively in the market, looking for good value, where they still have a degree of choice, but understanding that we are starting to move away from a 'buyers market'. Sellers will therefore need to continue to be keenly and fairly priced with the properties they wish to sell. This review aims to look at broad trends for residential sectional title in four property suburbs, utilising data extracted from CMA Info, which draws from actual sales registered in the Cape Town Deeds Office. As always, there is a time lag in data pulling through, which may impact the 2022 set of data for the first two quarters. We are therefore providing analysis from the data currently available. Overall, based on this data, it seems that we may be starting to see an adjustment in the market, with relatively less sales overall, but higher average selling prices and R/m2 values than in the same period of 2021. In essence, a progression towards a better market for property owners wishing to sell.
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Richard Boxford, Kinesis Property.
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City Centre (CBD) |
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Jan - Jun 2022 |
Jan - Jun 2021 |
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Number of Sales |
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71 |
145 |
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Average Selling Price |
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R2,108,035 |
R1,930,408 |
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Average R/m2 |
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R30,796m2 |
R29,645m2 |
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Average Days on Market |
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106 |
109 |
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Sales Under R2m |
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44 |
98 |
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Sales R2m to R3m |
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16 |
33 |
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Sales Over R3m |
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11 |
14 |
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As always the Cape Town City Centre (Central Business District) property market is bigger in volume than adjoining residential property nodes. At present the overall number of sales reflecting and recorded for the first six months of 2022 is lower than for the same period of 2021. However, the average selling price and average R/m2 values of apartments selling so far this year have both improved. Although the average time spent on the market before selling is unchanged, the resulting sales are achieving higher selling prices. The split between sales under R2m and those over R2m remains fairly consistent, with some 60% of sales taking place in the under R2m segment of the market. This simply reflects the preference of the majority of investors and first time buyers to buy property under R2m. We may be seeing a 'correction' of the market, with a decrease in sales volumes in the medium term, but an increase in average sales values. At present there are approximately 10% less apartments for sale in the City Centre compared with most of 2021.
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Foreshore |
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CMA Info Data |
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Jan - Jun 2022 |
Jan - Jun 2021 |
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Number of Sales |
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8 |
12 |
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Average Selling Price |
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R3,023,000 |
R2,824,158 |
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Average R/m2 |
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R38,944m2 |
R35,674m2 |
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Average Days on Market |
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143 |
190 |
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Sales Under R3m |
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6 |
8 |
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Sales Over R3m |
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2 |
4 |
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As with the City Centre, the adjoining residential node of the Foreshore currently shows a lower volume of sales taking place, but an improvement in both average selling prices and average R/m2. Once again the lower segment of the Foreshore sales market, under R3m, shows broad consistency with the 2021 market, with the majority of actual sales occurring in this range.
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De Waterkant |
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CMA Info Data |
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Jan - Jun 2022 |
Jan - Jun 2021 |
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Number of Sales |
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26 |
29 |
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Average Selling Price |
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R3,124,423 |
R2,852,998 |
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Average R/m2 |
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R37,943m2 |
R38,005m2 |
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Average Days on Market |
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73 |
109 |
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Sales Under R3m |
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16 |
20 |
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Sales Over R3m |
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10 |
9 |
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For the first half of 2022 De Waterkant shows less variation in volume of sales taking place than the other three precincts analysed. Average selling prices show a healthy recovery, whilst average R/m2 is only very slightly down on 2021.
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V&A Waterfront |
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CMA Info Data |
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Jan - Jun 2022 |
Jan - Jun 2021 |
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Number of Sales |
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11 |
17 |
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Average Selling Price |
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R8,759,091 |
R9,041,765 |
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Average R/m2 |
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R79,497m2 |
R61,950m2 |
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Average Days on the Market |
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90 |
167 |
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Sales Under R10m |
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8 |
12 |
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Sales Over R10m |
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3 |
5 |
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The V&A Waterfront, remains a niche, higher value property market, with lower turnover of properties than other residential nodes. Current data shows a decrease in the volume of sales, slight decrease in average selling prices, set off against a significant upswing in the average R/m2.
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Please do not hesitate to contact me at anytime to discuss your property requirements, including a free, no-obligation valuation, or, if your property is already on the market, it's current pricing and advice on selling. I am available by appointment seven days a week between 8am and 8pm to assist with all your property requirements. I can be reached via Whatsapp on +27 (0) 81 063 1871, or email at: richard@kinesisproperty.co.za
Author: Richard Boxford
