Underwrite, value and price with confidence.
Fundamental property data, market research, and intelligence — used by every major South African bank, as well as leading listed and private funds, valuers, and corporates. Built to be independent and defensible.
The problems Rode solves.
Fragmented data
One platform. Every market.
Rode consolidates property fundamentals across South Africa into a single interactive environment, structured by node and sector, that captures market shifts as they happen.
Inconsistent data makes it impossible to compare data across time periods or markets.
Consistent methodology. Comparable data. Defensible conclusions.
Rode's methodology has been applied consistently since 1987. Every data point is collected, cleaned, and validated the same way — across every node, every cycle. That consistency is what makes comparison meaningful, and what makes your analysis defensible to a board, a regulator, or a client.
Coverage is limited to a handful of large nodes.
SA's most comprehensive node and sector coverage — by a wide margin.
Beyond the major metros, the property market is opaque. Rode covers 900 nodes and sectors, giving you genuine comparison data for secondary markets, mixed-use nodes, and detailed micro-nodes that other providers simply don't reach.
Market data often reflects the interests of those who produce it, not what's actually happening.
Data that tells the truth and filters out hidden agendas.
Rode has no property to sell, no fund to promote, and no advisory fees to protect. Our data is sourced from over 140 independent brokers reporting actual deals, then verified and contextualised by an in-house team of economists. What you get is a true reflection of the market — not a curated one.
The platform. Everything in one place.
Rode has complemented its longstanding quarterly reporting suite with next-generation, customisable reporting and analytics. A subscription gives your whole team direct access to the platform, the underlying data, and the research that explains what it means.
Build your own view of the market. Select the nodes, sectors, and metrics that matter to your portfolio and see them rendered as live charts and reports.
See the data where it happens. Drill from province to node on a map built around South Africa's property geography.
Take your selections out of the platform and into your own workflow. Export charts, tables, and full reports to PDF for boards, clients, or internal records.
Subscriber access to our full newsfeed plus independent research, commentary, and analysis from a dedicated team of economists — not press releases.
What's in the data.
Office
- By grade
- By tenure type
Industrial
- By quality
- By building type
- By tenure type
- By leased area size
- By owned area size
Retail
- By shopping centre type
- By shop leased area
- By location type
Residential
- By ownership type (SAMRRA or apartment)
- By grade
- By bed type
- By quality
Parking
- By sector
- By type
The metrics behind every node
- Market rentals
- Vacancies
- Capitalisation rates
- Rental escalation rates
- Operating cost escalation
- Rent-free periods
- Parking rentals
- Outgoings
- Stand values
- Land availability
Some series extend back to 1987 — track a node or metric through multiple property cycles, not just the current one.
Six-year projections for macroeconomic factors, property returns, vacancies, and rental growth across key areas.
Four decades of ground-truth.
quarterly data since 1987.
all four sectors.
expert sources.
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Every rental, yield and cap-rate datapoint we publish is drawn from primary survey of landlords, brokers and valuers — not scraped listings. Triangulated against deeds-office transactions, peer-reviewed quarterly.
Thousands of broker, landlord and valuer responses per quarter.
Cross-referenced against every deeds-office transfer, monthly.
Peer-reviewed by independent valuers before publication.
Every number traceable to its source — defensible at committee.
Built for every corner of the industry.
Benchmark portfolio performance against the actual market
Validate asset values, track cap rate compression or expansion by node, and support investor reporting with data that is independent of your own fund's interests.
Stress-test loan books against real market conditions
Calibrate LTV thresholds and exposure limits using node-level vacancy, rental, and cap rate data that reflects the market in which your borrowers operate.
Support opinions of value with credible, peer-recognised benchmarks
Reference the same independent data source used across the industry. When your cap rate or rental assumption is challenged, Rode gives you a defensible, widely-recognised basis for your position.
Time acquisitions, disposals, and lease negotiations with market intelligence
Track rental growth trajectories and vacancy cycles across your target nodes before committing capital. Know whether you're entering a market at the right point in its cycle.
Ground assumptions and spatial planning in market reality
Access independent node-level data to inform rates policies, general valuations, and economic development decisions — without relying solely on data submitted by parties with a financial interest in the outcome.
Negotiate leases from an informed position
Understand the true rental market in your target nodes before you sit across the table from a landlord. Know what comparable tenants are paying, and where vacancy gives you leverage.