20/09/04 The houses in Malboro Gardens (picture taken from the top of the mosque While home prices continued to climb to record highs across the country, ongoing geopolitical uncertainty placed added strain on affordability.

The Western Cape's average property sales price for the first quarter of this year was R3,357,917.

This is according to the Average REMAX Sales Price, putting it at 72.1% higher than the average of R1,951,230 across the rest of South Africa.

In this context, many buyers are increasingly looking beyond the country's most expensive province, as evident in the top searched suburbs.

Online search behaviour on remax.co.za further reflects changing buyer preferences: