Property · Chart
Foreign buyers took 4.3% of Cape Town home purchases in 2024, up from 2.5% in 2020
4.3% 2024 · Highest
The foreign share rose 72% in four years, yet it still accounts for fewer than one purchase in twenty across the city.
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Method and sources
Each bar is the share of all Cape Town home purchases made by foreign nationals, as printed in the article's chart.
2020: 2.5%.
2024: 4.3%, which the chart annotates as 72% above the 2020 level.
The article gives years only, so each bar covers 1 January to 31 December of its year.
Sources: City of Cape Town (https://www.capetown.gov.za/) whose deeds data the article credits, as cited by the mayor in 2026. The link is to the publisher, not the exact table.
Figures as published in our guide to buying property in South Africa (chart last checked 14 September 2026): City of Cape Town deeds data, cited by the mayor in 2026.
Chart updated · 16 Oct 2026. The observation dates above describe the data, not today’s conditions.
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