The growth in residential property prices is uneven across South Africa, with major differences in price growth between provinces and metros.

This is according to the latest data from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).

In its latest Residential Property Price Index, which covers data up until August last year, the average increase in residential property prices nationally between August 2024 and August 2025 was 5.8%.

The biggest increase was in the Northern Cape, which saw residential property prices increase by 18.3% in the year up until August 2025.

Limpopo had the second-highest increase, with 10.6%.

No other province saw residential property prices increase by more than 10% between August 2024 and August 2025. The Western Cape saw prices grow over that period by 8.6%, North West by 8.1%, Mpumalanga by 5.2%, the Free State by 3.8%, Gauteng by 3.7%, the Eastern Cape by 2.3%, and KwaZulu-Natal by 1.7%.

There was also uneven growth in the country’s metros.

The overall growth in residential property prices in the country’s eight biggest urban areas between August 2024 and August 2025 was 5.5%.

Cape Town topped the list with annual residential property price growth in the year to August 2025 reaching 8.5%.

Ekurhuleni in eastern Gauteng was second, with residential property prices increasing by 5.9%, followed by Buffalo City (East London) with 5.2%. Johannesburg and Mangaung both had price increases of 3.1%, Tshwane saw an increase of 2.8%, eThekwini an increase of 2.0%, and Nelson Mandela Bay saw the lowest increase at 1.2%.