“…A number of studies have been conducted for the South African housing sector focusing on forecasting housing prices, impact of monetary policy on housing prices, "ripple" effects and convergence, and the impact of housing prices on consumption (a few recent examples: Burger and van Rensburg, 2008;Gupta & Das, 2008;Das, Gupta, & Kabundi, 2009;Gupta, Jurgilas, & Kabundi, 2010;Das, Gupta, & Kaya, 2010;Balcilar, Gupta, & Shah, 2011;Balcilar, Beyene, Gupta, & Seleteng, forthcoming; Das, Gupta and Kanda, 2011), however, none of the papers have shed light into the relationship between housing and general prices in South Africa to date.…”