Listed property is going from strength to strength. The property trust sector has shown 42% growth in the past year compared with the all-share index of -27%.

Listed property has finally wiped out its undervalued status relative to directly held property.

Listed property has finally wiped out its undervalued status relative to directly-held property.

The value gap between listed property and directly held property is narrowing, says the latest property report by consulting group Rode.

Pretoria - Listed property still represented good value for property investors wanting a relatively secure income stream despite a poor prognosis for rental income growth in the medium term, said Rode & Associates, the property economists, in its latest review of the property market.

Supply is outstripping demand by an average of 60% and the situation will persist with lax planning, says researcher Property Editor OLD Mutual Properties MD Ian Watt has criticised property services company Rode for what he says is an over-optimist...