Property price growth up, but below peak
Property price growth up, but below peak
House prices, adjusted to take into account the impact of inflation, have declined cumulatively by 20.1 percent since the real house price peak at the end of 2007 but are still 29.3 percent higher than in November 2003, according to FNB.
In nominal terms, house prices have grown by 14.7 percent since the end of 2007 and by 129.3 percent since November 2003.
The outlook for the residential property market for next year is for a continuation of low house price growth.
The latest FNB house price index revealed that nominal house prices increased by 7.2 percent year on year last month compared with the revised 7.1 percent in October.
John Loos, a household and property sector analyst at FNB, said this was the fifth consecutive month of acceleration in year-on-year house price growth since May and continued the relatively solid house price growth that had prevailed since early last year.
In real terms, FNB said, house price growth in October improved to 1.5 percent year on year from 0.7 percent in September.
Loos attributed the rise in real house price growth partly to a decline in consumer price inflation.
However, FNB's residential property price trend differs from that of Absa. Both banks' indices are based on transaction price data from homes they finance.
Absa reported this month that the year-on-year growth in the average value of homes in the middle segment of the market continued to slow down last month.
The year-on-year price growth in small houses declined to 5.8 percent in November from 6 percent in October while for medium houses it slowed to 2.1 percent from 3.1 percent and for large houses to 7.7 percent from 8.2 percent.
Absa said average real house price growth was below 3 percent year on year during October.
The Lightstone residential property price indices, which use repeat sales data, said national house price annual inflation grew to 7.05 percent in October, which was virtually unchanged from the previous month's estimate.
Lightstone said the main benefit of repeat sales, which provide a measure of actual price inflation on houses that had transacted twice in a particular period, was that it was less influenced by the mix of transacting properties.
Loos said FNB had recently considered raising its house price growth forecasts for next year to above the rates experienced this year but it had decided against this because of weak economic growth in the third quarter, ongoing poor consumer confidence levels and some residential propertyrelated statistics suggesting a growth peak forming.
FNB's expectation now was of average house price growth of 6.5 percent for next year.
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House prices, adjusted to take into account the impact of inflation, have declined cumulatively by 20.1 percent since the real house price peak at the end of 2007 but are still 29.3 percent higher than in November 2003, according to FNB.
In nominal terms, house prices have grown by 14.7 percent since the end of 2007 and by 129.3 percent since November 2003.
The outlook for the residential property market for next year is for a continuation of low house price growth.
The latest FNB house price index revealed that nominal house prices increased by 7.2 percent year on year last month compared with the revised 7.1 percent in October.
John Loos, a household and property sector analyst at FNB, said this was the fifth consecutive month of acceleration in year-on-year house price growth since May and continued the relatively solid house price growth that had prevailed since early last year.
In real terms, FNB said, house price growth in October improved to 1.5 percent year on year from 0.7 percent in September.
Loos attributed the rise in real house price growth partly to a decline in consumer price inflation.
However, FNB's residential property price trend differs from that of Absa. Both banks' indices are based on transaction price data from homes they finance.
Absa reported this month that the year-on-year growth in the average value of homes in the middle segment of the market continued to slow down last month.
The year-on-year price growth in small houses declined to 5.8 percent in November from 6 percent in October while for medium houses it slowed to 2.1 percent from 3.1 percent and for large houses to 7.7 percent from 8.2 percent.
Absa said average real house price growth was below 3 percent year on year during October.
The Lightstone residential property price indices, which use repeat sales data, said national house price annual inflation grew to 7.05 percent in October, which was virtually unchanged from the previous month's estimate.
Lightstone said the main benefit of repeat sales, which provide a measure of actual price inflation on houses that had transacted twice in a particular period, was that it was less influenced by the mix of transacting properties.
Loos said FNB had recently considered raising its house price growth forecasts for next year to above the rates experienced this year but it had decided against this because of weak economic growth in the third quarter, ongoing poor consumer confidence levels and some residential propertyrelated statistics suggesting a growth peak forming.
FNB's expectation now was of average house price growth of 6.5 percent for next year.
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