Sellers are keen to exit before the housing market eases any further, with prices already falling in Sydney and Melbourne and buyers getting more picky as mortgage costs rise.
Towns and villages across the country will be throwing Jubilee celebrations - and they give house hunters a chance to check out the local community spirit.
"Distressing calls" from flood-stricken KwaZulu-Natal has prompted the Gift of the Givers Foundation to step in, and it has appealed to the South African public to open their hearts and purses.