Latest Western Cape Property News — 2026-01-29

Today’s Key Takeaways

Today’s property headlines include rate/market signals that could affect Western Cape buyers, sellers, and investors. Here’s what matters most and why.

Stories That Matter

Repo rate unchanged at 6.75%, prime stays at 10.25% - Property24

Source: Property24

Key points:

• The SARB's Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep the repurchase rate at its current level of 6.75% per year, meaning that the prime rate…

Read more: https://www.property24.com/articles/repo-rate-unchanged-at-675-prime-stays-at-1025/32934

Affordable housing defines SA’s housing market

Source: Private Property

Key points:

• South Africans should be very concerned about what failing and under-maintained urban infrastructure says about our housing market. Rapid ur…

Read more: https://www.privateproperty.co.za/advice/news/articles/affordable-housing-defines-sas-housing-market/9601

Load shedding schedule in South Africa

Source: Private Property

Key points:

• Load shedding is a process implemented by Eskom to prevent the national electricity grid from collapsing. This means planned power outages a…

Read more: https://www.privateproperty.co.za/advice/news/articles/load-shedding-schedule-in-south-africa/9481

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