Absa repossessed & repo houses for sale in South Africa
Absa is one of the largest home-loan lenders in South Africa and consequently one of the largest sources of repossessed property. RepoLens pulls Absa sale-in-execution notices directly from the Government Gazette and surfaces them here, freshness-tagged.
Cheapest Absa repossessed houses right now
- 24under R 250 000
- 73under R 500 000
- 114under R 1 000 000
- 4sold without reserve
Looking for a house from R 50 000? None of the current listings is that low: the cheapest is R 100 000. A sale without reserve has no minimum price, so the bidding decides.
2-bed house in 68 Setsokotsane Street, Tokoza Ext
2-bed house in STAND 2495, BLOCK GG, SOSHANGUVE, PRETORIA, GAUTENG
2-bed sectional title in UNIT 6 THE SANDS, 33 FIFTH STREET, ALBERTON
house in 33A Harmoney Street Siyathemba - Kathu Northern Cape 8446
house in 35 Cashane, Pritchard Street, Noordhang
3-bed sectional title in 43 Anderson Street, Townsend Estate, Goodwood
4-bed house in 10 JOE SIMON STREET, MONTE VISTA
3-bed house in 97 6th Avenue, Highlands North, Johannesburg
3-bed sectional title in Unit 1, 20 Schuller Street, Forest Hill, Johannesburg
3-bed house in 108 De Villiers Street, Turffontein, Johannsburg South
3-bed house in 25 Kerry Road, Rembrandt Park Ext 5
2-bed sectional title in Unit 502 (e02) Oasis At Steyn City, 2 Creek Lane, Dainfern Ext 34
3-bed house in 25 North Street, Townsview, Johannesburg South
2-bed sectional title in Unit 13 Gwen Alan Court, 176 High Street, Rosettenville, Johannesburg South
2-bed house in 27 Senekal Street, South Hills
1-bed sectional title in Unit 17 Lombardy Glen, 32 Greenville Road, Lombardy West, Johannesburg
3-bed house in 60 6th Avenue, Orange Grove, Johannesburg
3-bed house in 101 Becker Street, Bellevue, Johannesburg
3-bed sectional title in Unit 2 Ss Aligreto, 70 Donnelly Street, Turffontein, Johannesburg
2-bed sectional title in Johannesburg, Gauteng
3-bed house in 1 Dakota Close, Kensington, Cape Town
2-bed house in 19 St Andrews Place, White River Extension 33
3-bed house in 6 Keurboom Avenue, Die Heuwel Extension 4
2-bed house in Tasbetpatk, NKANGALA, Mpumalanga
3-bed house in STAND 321, CLOVELLY STREET, BANKENVELD EXT 13 EMALALHENI
3-bed house in 113 Long Road, Bedelia, Welkom
3-bed house in 10 Van Wyk Louw Street, Jan Cilliers Park, Welkom
4-bed house in 19 Stellenberg Street, Lenasia South Ext
2-bed sectional title in Unit 75 Orchid Ridge, 97 Bosbok Road, Randpark Ridge, Randburg
3-bed house in 163 2nd Avenue, Edenvale Township
3-bed house in 4 Oleander Avenue, Primrose, Germiston
3-bed house in 407 Vine Avenue, Ferndale, Randburg
1-bed sectional title in Unit 21, 252 Montrose Avenue, 252 Montrose Street, Northgate Ext
3-bed house in House 558, Clear Water Eco Estate, Emalahleni
3-bed sectional title in 29 Bunting Street, Flamingo Park
2-bed house in 20 Oudoring Crescent, Marais Steyn Park, Edenvale
3-bed sectional title in Unit 9 SS Normandie, 70 Tembe Close, Moreleta Park x 72, Pretoria
3-bed sectional title in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng
1-bed sectional title in Unit 88 Pebble Beach Body Corporate, Jackal Creek Golf Estate, Boundary Road, Northriding, 2169
house in 28 Fourteenth Avenue, Parow
2-bed sectional title in Erf 9124 Lotus Gardens Extension 2
1-bed sectional title in Unit 2 Emerald Skye, 38 Greenstone Place, Greenstone Hill Ext 24, Modderfontein
2-bed sectional title in Unit 21012 Founders Hill Crescent, 18 Antwerpen Road, Founders Hill, Edenvale
3-bed house in 5985 Motshidisi Crescent, Etwatwa Extension 3, Benoni
2-bed house in Stand No
2-bed house in 20 Smarag Street, Forest Heights, Kleinvlei
sectional title in Unit 2 Pearl Court, 107 Cloete Street, Parow
house in 3 Golden Gate Boulevard , Vaal Park , Sasolburg
4-bed farm in Plot 136 Of The Farm Putfontein, 136 Springs Road, Benoni
3-bed house in 1 Ward Street, Benoni
2-bed sectional title in Section 81 (Unit No 412) Golden Heights, 140 Woburn Avenue, Benoni
2-bed house in 1862 (18) Luanda Street, Klipfontein View Extension 2, Lethabong
3-bed house in 33 Cathcart Avenue, Sharon Park Ext 1, Nigel
3-bed house in 4 Clydesdale Road, Crystal Park Extension 1, Benoni
1-bed house in Stand 253 Sebokeng Unit 7 Extension 1
2-bed sectional title in Unit 16 Elara, 36 Sjampanje Street, Wilgeheuwel, Roodepoort
2-bed sectional title in Unit 9 Silver Oaks, 1 Alpha Place, Freeway Park, Boksburg
2-bed house in 15 Goodyear Street, Vanderbijlpark C
house in 540/385 George Duff Street, Vanderbijlpark C
4-bed house in 46 Squirrel Street, Villa Liza, Boksburg
4-bed house in Unit 88 La Roche, Dayan Road, Dayanglen, Boksburg
4-bed house in 83 Reier Road, Atlasville Extension 1, Boksburg
2-bed sectional title in Unit 167, 167 Witfield Ridge, Biddulph Street, Witfield, Boksburg
2-bed house in 4206 Makhatha Crescent, Mohlakeng Ext 3, Randfontein
1-bed sectional title in Unit 6, Filistea, Frikkie Meyer Boulevard, Vanderbijlpark, SE2
3-bed sectional title in Unit 41, Village Four Stone Arch Estate 4, Brookhill Road, Castleview, Germiston
3-bed house in 4676/136
2-bed house in 500 Luvuyo Street, Roodekop, Germiston
3-bed house in 12 WINSTON ROAD, UVONGO
2-bed sectional title in UNIT 8 OCEAN GARDENS, 522 BIDSTONE ROAD, RAMSGATE BEACH, MARGATE
3-bed sectional title in UNIT 37 SEASON PARK, 105 ZENITH DRIVE, UMHLANGA ROCKS
3-bed sectional title in UNIT 13 ALSVILLE FLATS, 12 ALBERSVILLE ROAD, PORT SHEPSTONE
3-bed sectional title in UNIT 41 TREGENNA ESTATES, 177GOLF COURSE DRIVE, MOUNT EDGECOMBE
3-bed sectional title in Unit 16 Oakwood Mews, 10 Attwell Street, Denlee
3-bed house in 5 Beech Close, Acorn Creek, 501 Main Road, Macassar
2-bed sectional title in 3 Ruyterwacht Mews, Livingstone Avenue, Ruyterwacht
3-bed house in Kensington, Gauteng
2-bed sectional title in Section 50 (Door A3/10) The Heights Estate, Cnr of 5th Road & Smuts Drive, Halfway Gardens Ext
2-bed sectional title in Unit 41, Winglen, 29 Swartgoud Street, Winchester Hills Ext
2-bed sectional title in Unit 107, Stonewood Estate, 5 Kilimanjaro Crescent, Blue Hills Ext
2-bed sectional title in Unit 42 - La Camargue, 20 Benmore Road, Morningside, Sandton
2-bed sectional title in UNIT 167 BLOCK 3 SUNSET GROVE, WOODHURST, CHATSWORTH
5-bed flat in 214 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, SILVERGLEN, CHATSWORTH
2-bed house in 275 MONTDENE DRIVE, CROFTDENE, CHATSWORTH
3-bed sectional title in UNIT 9, DOOR NUMBER 3 MOUNT WILLMAR, 32 ISIPINGO STREET, BELLEVUE CENTRAL, JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG
3-bed sectional title in UNIT 20 WINGLEN, 29 SWARTGOUD STREET, WINCHESTER HILLS EXT 2, JOHANNESBURG SOUTH
3-bed sectional title in Unit 2 Ss Marmont Place, 60 Daisy Street, Rosettenville, Johannesburg South
2-bed house in 14 Cloister Road, Malvern, Johannesburg
3-bed house in UNIT 10 BOSCHENDAL COMPLEX, HARRY GALAUN DRIVE HALFWAY GARDENS EXT 121
3-bed sectional title in UNIT 108, 92 ON NEW, 92 NEW ROAD, CARLSWALD, MIDRAND, 1684
3-bed sectional title in UNIT 16 WALFORD ESTATE, 23 WALTON AVENUE, CARLSWALD, MIDRAND, 1684
2-bed sectional title in Unit 37 Lake Mondeor, 49 John Masefield Street, Mondeor
2-bed sectional title in UNIT 7 TULIP GARDENS, 2 SHAMROC AVENUE, VORNA VALLEY EXT 58
3-bed sectional title in Unit 1 Ss Marfran, 92A Bouquet Street, Rosettenville, Johannesburg
2-bed sectional title in 85 Fifth Street, Halfway Gardens, Midrand
sectional title in Cape Town, Western Cape
3-bed sectional title in Unit 23 Basalt, 1 Kapital Street, Northgate Ext 42
3-bed house in Erf 614 Equestria Extension 148 Township
2-bed house in Soshanguve-Gg, Gauteng
3-bed house in 18 Rooibos Avenue, Brackendowns, Alberton
2-bed house in 14 Trout Crescent, Lawley Ext
2-bed house in 68 Setsokotsane Street, Tokoza Ext
3-bed house in Site No 957 Likole Street, Likole, Katlehong
3-bed house in 15 Tolbos Street, Mayberry Park, Alberton
2-bed house in Leopard's Rest Security Estate, Stand 4692 Midge Pupa Street, Alberton
2-bed house in Stand 5453, Embalenhle Extension 9
2-bed sectional title in UNIT 15 LAKE VIEW MANOR, 1 SEINHEUWEL STREET, AERORAND, MIDDELBURG, MPUMALANGA
4-bed house in 15 PORPOISE PASSAGE, MEERENSEE EXT 12, RICHARDS BAY
2-bed house in 33 PALM PLACE, MOTALABAD
3-bed flat in 419 York Avenue, Ferndale
3-bed house in 16 WILGE STREET, SECUNDA
2-bed house in STAND 2495, BLOCK GG, SOSHANGUVE, PRETORIA, GAUTENG
2-bed sectional title in UNIT 6 THE SANDS, 33 FIFTH STREET, ALBERTON
4-bed house in 330 SADIE STREET, LYNNWOOD PARK
3-bed sectional title in UNIT 1 SILVERGULL MEWS, 110 SILVERGULL DRIVE, LOTUS PARK
2-bed house in Stand 355, 44 Moloi Street, Moletsane, Soweto
1-bed sectional title in Unit 24 The Palms, Incuncu Street, Protea Glen Ext
2-bed sectional title in Unit 14 Leyton Place, 16 Leslie Street, Vereeniging
2-bed house in STAND 3922 MOSATLELA STREET, GEM VALLEY, PRETORIA, GAUTENG
3-bed house in 26 Dwesa Lane, Sherwood Park, Atlantis
4-bed house in Erf 345 George Street Derby
3-bed house in Stand No 2212, 187 Bataleur Street, Phalaborwa
3-bed sectional title in Unit 31 Baobab Village Amandasig Ext 20 Akasia 0201
3-bed sectional title in Unit 13 Baobab Village, Amandasig Ext 20, Akasia, 0210
4-bed house in 10 Thompson Avenue, The Orchards Ext 11, Akasia, Pretoria
2-bed sectional title in 67 SOLDONNE, BOSVLIER STREET, THE ORCHARDS EXT 33
3-bed sectional title in Unit 25 Baobab Village, Amandasig Ext 20, 0210
3-bed sectional title in Unit 15 Baobab Village Amandasig Ext 20 Akasia 0201
3-bed sectional title in Unit 14 Baobab Village, 2139 Berg Avenue, Amandasig Ext 20, Akasia, 0210
2-bed house in 21 VILLA FRANCEL, 51 MAIN STREET, HEATHERVIEW EXTENSION 19, PRETORIA, GAUTENG
3-bed house in Stand 1121, 6642 Isheke Street, Soshanguve-Xx
2-bed sectional title in Unit 12, Ss Eduan, 570 Wonderboom Street, Pretoria North, Pretoria
5-bed house in 446 President Steyn Street, Pretoria North
2-bed sectional title in Unit 9 (d00r 202), Ss Arniston, 216 Ben Viljoen Street, Pretoria North
5-bed house in 167 DEEKS ROAD, THE ORCHARDS EXTENSION 11, PRETORIA, GAUTENG
1-bed sectional title in Unit 510 Main Street Life, Main Street, City And Suburban, Johannesburg South, 2094
2-bed sectional title in Door Number 901 (section 41), Ss New Carling, 132 Claim Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg
2-bed sectional title in UNIT 3 BARNATO VIEW, 24 BARNATO STREET, BEREA, JOHANNESBURG
3-bed house in 6438 THOLWANA STREET, ROODEKOP EXT 23falling in the
3-bed sectional title in UNIT 31 CAMBERLEY, OXTED AVENUE, CASTLEVIEW, JOHANNESBURG, 1401falling in the
3-bed house in 44, 1st Street, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg, 2094
1-bed house in 188 Highland Road, Kensington, Johannesburg
3-bed sectional title in Unit 6 - The Phoenician, 2 Os Street, Bassonia, Johannesburg
3-bed house in 100 St Amant Street, Malvern, Johannesburg
2-bed sectional title in Section 16, Door 202, Mopani Court Ss, 7 Gravett Street, Germiston South
1-bed sectional title in Door 202 (Unit 17) North Grafton, 16 Frances Street, Yeoville
1-bed sectional title in Unit 174 Graceland, Cnr Midmar & 3 Sarel Hattingh Street, Elspark Extension 5, Germiston
3-bed house in 21 Ladybrand Road, South Hills
2-bed sectional title in Unit 1 Philip Mews, 83 Philip Street, Rosettenville
3-bed house in 9 Aberfeldy Road, The Hill, Johannesburg South, 2197
3-bed flat in 107 Augusta Street, Linmeyer, Johannesburg South, 2105
3-bed house in 85 8th Street, Orange Grove
3-bed sectional title in 26 Manchester Street, Portlands
2-bed sectional title in Unit 6, Ss Pelican View, 139 Cowen Ntuli Street, Middelburg
2-bed sectional title in 3 KINGFISHER, 10B ESDOORN AVENUE, STANDERTON, EXTENSION 3
2-bed house in 5 Madikane Crescent, Khayelitsha
3-bed house in Stand 7721/93 - 59 Mokhosionke Street, Lotus Gardens
2-bed sectional title in Gauteng
A Absa reserve is not the price you pay.
When a Absa bond defaults the bank is recouping a loss, not chasing profit, which is where the discount lives. What it does not tell you is the cost of getting the property transferred, so every listing names the foreclosing creditor and the upfront costs on the day, and a plan adds the attorney running the sale.
Sheriff auctions scare people off with the admin, not the price.
FICA registration, a 10% deposit on the day, the balance by bank guarantee within 21 days. We spell out the full cost to bid on every listing, so the process is the only thing you have to learn, never the price.
About Absa repossessed properties
Absa has the largest residential mortgage book in South Africa after Standard Bank. When an Absa home loan goes into default and Absa obtains a High Court judgment plus Rule 46A order, the property is sold at a sheriff sale in execution, the notice is published in the Government Gazette at least 30 days before the auction date.
Absa also sells some distressed homes via direct-from-bank sale before the sheriff stage, these are listed on its partner site at myroof.co.za/absa as "mandated" or "quick sell" listings. Both channels offer below-market pricing, but the Gazette sale-in-execution route reaches more buyers because Absa publishes it as a legal requirement, not as marketing.
On this page you see only the Gazette sale-in-execution route. Each listing carries the auction date, sheriff office and attorney contact, and the reserve price where the notice states one, all extracted automatically from the Gazette.
Buying at a sheriff sale for the first time? The buyer's guide walks through the reserve price, the costs on top, the bond window and the arrears you inherit. Using a housing subsidy? Read buying a repossessed house with FLISP, including how to find the erf number and the conveyancer.
Absa also lists repossessed properties on its partner portal at www.myroof.co.za/absa. RepoLens differs by publishing the case number and the instructing attorney for each sale, which the partner site does not.
FAQ
- Where does Absa list its repossessed houses?
- Absa lists distressed properties in two places. (1) Government Gazette sale-in-execution notices for properties heading to sheriff auction, these are public, free to view, and what RepoLens aggregates on this page. (2) Direct-from-bank "mandated sale" or "quick sell" listings on myroof.co.za/absa for properties Absa is trying to sell before the sheriff stage. RepoLens currently covers route (1); for route (2), visit the partner portal directly.
- How can I buy an Absa repossessed property?
- You either attend the sheriff sale in execution on the date and venue listed in the Government Gazette notice (where you bid against other buyers), or you buy direct from Absa through its repossessed-properties portal, the partner-bank listings are typically private treaty rather than auction and may be discounted 10–20% below market. RepoLens shows the Gazette sale-in-execution path; the partner portal handles the direct-from-bank path.
- Can I get a home loan to buy an Absa repossessed house?
- Yes. South African banks (including Absa itself) routinely finance repo purchases, both sheriff-sale auctions and direct-from-bank acquisitions. Use the RepoLens bond calculator to estimate monthly instalments. Pre-approval before bidding is strongly recommended. Approval depends on property condition and your affordability assessment.
- How current are the listings on this page?
- RepoLens reads each new Government Gazette as it is published every week and adds the new sale-in-execution notices. A listing stays on this page while its auction is still ahead and comes off once the auction day has passed, so you are not chasing sales that already happened. Notices with no auction date are dropped after a few weeks.
- Are Absa repossessed houses cheaper than market value?
- Usually yes. Sheriff-sale reserve prices are set by the court and are typically well below open-market value (often 60-80%), the court reasons that a forced sale should not advantage the bank with a full-price recovery. Direct-from-bank mandated sales are commonly discounted 10-20% off market. The actual price you pay depends on competing bids at the auction.