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Student Accommodation 2027: The Landlord’s Countdown to Intake
Every year, around now, my phone starts ringing with the same panicked voice. “Retha… I want students in my property for 2027. Is it too late?”
Student Accommodation in Cape Town: Where Investors Should Buy (And Where to Think Twice)
Cape Town is the city where I started. It’s also the city that has taught me the most lessons. Some of them expensive.
How Much Does NSFAS Pay for Accommodation? What Landlords Actually Receive
This is the question I get asked most. More than accreditation. More than Wi-Fi. More than “Retha, why do students never take out the bins?”
Is Student Accommodation a Good Investment in South Africa? (The Honest Answer)
Every second investor I meet asks me the same question. Usually over coffee. Usually after they have already looked at three properties and fallen in love with one. “Retha… is student accommodation actually a good investment? Or is it a nightmare with Wi-Fi?”
The February Accreditation Problem
IN THIS ISSUE Why a court order, a R616 million bill and a promised rewrite of the cap all land on your 2027 rent. The date on your NSFAS offer letter that nobody in government has mentioned. What a lapsed accreditation would cost you, and why the queue to fix one is already long. The checks to run on every property this month, before the December shutdown. What you are getting. This brief goes out once a month. All of it is free, and all of it is free to forward. Written by me, not by a team.
What Parliament heard about the 2026 cap, and what the cap should actually be
Issue 02 of The Student Property Insider is out. What follows is section one, in full, and it is yours to forward.
Government is cutting 1,475 qualifications. Nobody has said what it does to your beds.
Issue 01 of The Student Property Insider. What moved in student accommodation this month, and what it means for a property.
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