Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa Dec/January 2020 | Page 38

ACQUIRING Get ahead of the game Off-plan purchasing for millennials SIDIMA MFEKU 10.8% of millennials who bought homes at the upper end of the market, i.e. those with a value of R1.5 to R3 million and more in 2015-17 Nooitgedacht Village Square phase two 330 000 millennials who bought homes in 2015-17 36 39.1% were buying in the R250 000 to R700 000 price category DECEMBER/JANUARY 2020 SA Real Estate Investor Magazine 36.1% buying homes in the price bracket of R700 000 to R1.5 million. 14% of millennial homebuyers bought homes right at the lower end of the market, i.e. homes of less than R250 000, 75% of millennials bought homes starting at R250 000 up to a value of R1.5 million in the three-year period.