Repossessed & repo houses for sale in South Africa
When a home loan goes into default, the bank or sheriff puts the property up for sale below market. These are the repo houses and repossessed homes buyers search for: we aggregate listings from the major SA banks and Government Gazette sale-in-execution notices, and take each one down once its auction has passed, so you don't waste time on sales that already happened.
3-bed house in 27 Taunton Road, Pietermaritzburg
3-bed house in GEMSBOK LANE 6, REITZ, FREE STATE PROVINCE, SITUATED IN THE THABO MOFUTSANYANE
3-bed house in 2552 Bandama Drive, Waterfall Country Estate, Waterfall Drive, Jukskei View Ext 5, Midrand
5-bed house in Dainfern, Gauteng
sectional title in being 5 CHORISIA LANE, FOURWAYS GARDENS ESTATE, FOURWAYS EXT 15, SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG
2-bed sectional title in Unit 115 Johntilly Mews, 4 Madely Street, Hughes Ext 74, Boksburg
4-bed house in 7 Tongani Street, Bryanston Ext45, Sandton
3-bed house in being 18 Shaw Crescent, Edgemead, Cape Town
2-bed sectional title in UNIT 91 SS REDFERN, 27 BOHMER ROAD, NEW GERMANY (THE WOLDS)
2-bed sectional title in 145 Raymond Mahlaba Street, Navalsig, Bloemfontein
3-bed house in 21 Ferox Street, Glenvista, Johannesburg
2-bed sectional title in Unit 47 Stoney Ridge, Winchester Hills Ext 1
3-bed sectional title in 172 Kikuyu Street, Jukskei View Ext 128, Midrand
sectional title in being 67/26 Catfish Lane, Aquavista Mountain Estate, Bronkhorstbaai, Bronkhorstspruit
2-bed sectional title in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng
1-bed sectional title in Unit 3 Krya Nera Body Corporate, 751 Waterval Road, Little Falls, Roodepoort
4-bed house in 242 Blue Crane Drive, Westlake Country And Safari Estate, Westlake Ext
2-bed sectional title in Onverwacht, Limpopo
4-bed house in 368 ANNA MAGERMAN CRESCENT, ASHBURY HEIDEDAL, BLOEMFONTEIN
2-bed house in UNIT 13 GARIEP AFTREE OORD
2-bed house in 8/454 Frikkie Street, Birchleigh North Ext 3
4-bed house in 2 Casa Nico, 15 Pine Street, Bedvordview Ext 22
5-bed house in 8 Reinetta Drive, Constantia Kloof Ext 3, Roodepoort
3-bed house in 15 Bakenbos Crescent, Bloubosrand Extension 11,Randburg
2-bed house in 10 10TH STREET, ORANGE GROVE, JOHANNESBURG
3-bed house in 29 Leiden Street, Gerdview, Germiston
1-bed sectional title in Unit 26 Chrestos Body Corporate, Scrooby Street, Willowbrook, Ruimsig, Roodepoort, 1732
Browse by bank
Browse repossessed houses by suburb
Every suburb with live sale-in-execution inventory has its own page, the repo houses, reserve prices and auction dates for that area, updated weekly from the Gazette.
- Alan Manor
- Albertsdal
- Alliance
- Amandasig
- Bedfordview
- Benoni
- Berea
- Bezuidenhout Valley
- Birch Acres
- Brackendowns
- Brentwood
- Bryanston
- City And Suburban
- Comet
- Constantia Kloof
- Cosmo City
- Crystal Park
- Dainfern
- Denlee
- Dinwiddie
- Ellisras
- Elspark
- Equestria
- Erand Gardens
- Ferndale
- Forest Hill
- Fourways
- Greenstone Hill
- Halfway Gardens
- Highlands North
- Hillbrow
- Jukskei View
- Karenpark
- Kensington
- Klipfontein View
- La Lucia
- Lenasia South
- Lichtenburg
- Lotus Gardens
- Malvern
- Middelburg
- Mondeor
- Mooikloof Ridge
- Needwood
- Noordhang
- Northgate
- Orange Grove
- Ormonde
- Palm Ridge
- Paulshof
- Primrose
- Protea Glen
- Regents Park Estate
- Reyno Ridge
- Roodekop
- Rosettenville
- Sandton
- Sea Point
- Sharon Park
- South Hills
- Terenure
- The Hill
- The Orchards
- Triomf
- Umhlanga
- Vorna Valley
- Vosloorus
- Watervalspruit
- Westdene
- Wilgeheuwel
- Willow Park Manor
- Winchester Hills
- Witkoppen
- Yeoville
- Zandspruit
How South African repossessions work
New to this? The buyer’s guide explains the difference between a sheriff sale, a bank sale and a levy sale, and what each one means for what you inherit.
“Repo houses”, “repo homes” and repossessed property all mean the same thing: a home a bank or the sheriff is selling after a home-loan default. Here is how a house ends up on this page.
A property gets “declared executable” when a home-loan account is in arrears long enough for the bank to apply for judgment in the High Court. Once the court grants the writ, the sheriff schedules a sale in execution and publishes the notice in the Government Gazette at least 30 days before the auction.
Most banks (FNB, Absa, Standard Bank, Nedbank) also try to sell distressed homes before the sheriff auction: these are “quick sale” or “mandated sale” listings, usually priced 10–20% below market.
On RepoLens, each listing carries the reserve price next to the foreclosing creditor, the attorney and their reference and the upfront costs on the day, so you know who to call and what you must have ready before you bid, not just what the notice asks for.