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July 25, 2023

How to secure high-paying tenants with standout rental properties

How can rental agents and landlords find high-paying tenants to cover their rising costs? Here are five suggestions to make your rental portfolio stand out from the crowd.

November 9, 2023

South Africa

PayProp Insights South Africa

How to price rentals for shifting interest rates

Interest rates seem to have peaked, but they’re still putting significant pressure on the property market, as new industry stats show. What effect are they having on tenants and buyers?

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September 12, 2024

South Africa

PayProp Insights South Africa

How rental agents can help defeat home hijackers

Residences are at risk of being taken over by criminals. How can rental agents work with homeowners to protect their vacant properties from becoming squats?

Residential rental sector regulation is driving changes in the way landlords pay for managed rental services, suggests PayProp’s latest industry survey.

June 12, 2025

South Africa

How regulation and technology are changing rental agency fee structures

Residential rental sector regulation is driving changes in the way landlords pay for managed rental services, suggests PayProp’s latest industry survey.

September 23, 2022

South Africa

Opinion

How not to waste your own time in property rental management

Running your own business can be far less glamorous than it seems. There are many boring, repetitive activities that must be done on a daily or monthly basis, and in smaller businesses they often fall to the owners.

June 16, 2020

South Africa

Opinion

How charity connection brings meaning to PayProp

COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of crowdfunding and fundraising platforms – and often not in places you’d expect. That is the case with PayProp, South Africa’s largest rental payment processor.