Built for everyone NSFAS touchesKnow if a student house pays, before you sign anything.
The deal analyser, Vumelo’s own indicative grading model based on the published gazette criteria, the compliance calendar and the news that moves your money. One tool, built for South African student-accommodation landlords.
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Real caps, real rules and real money
Four steps, in plain language
- 1Add your propertyor the deal you’re sizing up
- 2Check the numbersyield, bond and the cash valley
- 3Plan your gradebefore the real inspection
- 4Stay compliant & paidrenewals tracked, news watched
One dashboard that does the watching for you
- Renewals warn you early. Every certificate runs on its own clock, with a lead time. Nothing lapses by surprise.
- Grade gaps become a to-do list. The indicative grading model turns every shortfall into a prioritised action, priced against the inspection that matters.
- The news is read for you. Every NSFAS story carries a plain “what this means for you” line, and flags the properties it touches.
Who it’s for
Anyone whose money or accreditation rides on getting NSFAS student housing right.
First-time investors
Check a building pays before you commit a cent.
Portfolio growers
Track every grade and renewal across the portfolio in one grid.
Existing landlords
Stay accredited: never miss a certificate or a rate change.
Switchers from residential
Learn the NSFAS rules and what a property must have to grade.
What you get
Five tools that cover the NSFAS accommodation process, from the numbers to the paperwork.
NSFAS news, read for you
Every item carries a plain “what this means for you” line. The feed and the email alerts are free with any account; alerts are opt-in.
See if a building pays
Model revenue, yield and payback, and whether the NSFAS cycle covers the bond.
Plan your NSFAS grade
Score a property against Vumelo’s own indicative grading model before the inspection. See what you are short.
Never miss a renewal
Each compliance certificate on its own clock, with a warning inside its lead time.
Assemble the dossier
The one-off accreditation documents in a checklist, including the zoning items others miss.
Track the cycle, get paid
Log what NSFAS pays against what it should have paid. Know the difference between late and missing.
Why we built it
NSFAS student accommodation is high-stakes and scattered: the numbers live in a spreadsheet, the grade rules in a gazette, the certificates in a drawer, and the news in a dozen places. One missed renewal or a rate you can’t actually meet can sink a deal. Vumelo pulls it into one place (the modelling, the indicative grade, the renewal clock and the news) so the people who can’t afford to get it wrong don’t have to guess.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when a deal is worth it. Downgrading keeps your data: it is locked, never wiped.
- One 14-day trial of every tool, no card
- Live NSFAS news feed, with email alerts if you turn them on
- The free accreditation roadmap
- Track 1 property; trial work kept, locked
- Everything in Starter
- Up to 5 active properties
- Deal Analyser + grading (2 of each per property)
- Compliance calendar + document vault
- Cash tracker: NSFAS expected vs received, month by month
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited properties
- 5 gradings + 5 analyses per property to compare
- Teams: share a code, review your team’s work, appoint team managers
- Work on a property together, live, with anyone in your team
- Portfolio status grid + roll-ups
Prices in rand. Paid plans are billed by card through Paystack; the free trial needs no card. One free trial per person. Cancel any time and keep access to the end of the period you paid for. If you pay for a plan, a move to another paid plan happens after that period ends. Teams are on Portfolio.
Ready to size up your next building?
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Grades are indicative: the official grade is set by the university that funds your students. NSFAS rates shown are the verified 2025 caps; when we last checked, on 17 June 2026, the 2026 rate had not been gazetted.
Vumelo is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting for NSFAS, the Department of Higher Education and Training or any university.