Millennials in South African have purchased homes in great numbers in recent years. According to statistics supplied by property group Lightstone, almost 330 000 millennials bought homes in South Africa between 2015 and 2017 and 70% of them were first-time homebuyers.
The 4th South African Women in Property Awards (SAWIPA) hosted their Gauteng Regional Awards at the Sanlam Art Gallery on the 22nd August 2018, where members of the Women’s Property Network (WPN) and women in the property industry were in attendance.
With inflation still within the target range, but with concerns following a round of fuel price increases and other potential inflationary impacts, as was anticipated, the Monetary Policy Committee kept the repo rate unchanged following this week’s meeting, says Dr Andrew Golding, chief executive of the Pam Golding Property group.
One of the most highly anticipated events on the South African shopping centre and retail calendar is fast approaching – the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) 22nd Annual Congress sponsored by Broll Property Group.
Durban-based industrial property development giant, Shree Property Holdings, has made a bold R220 million entry into the South African commercial market, launching an upmarket, ultra-modern '4-star green-rated' office complex in the heart of the desirable Ridgeside Precinct on Umhlanga Ridge, and is poised to take KwaZulu-Natal's commercial property development to a new level.
“The retail tenants of the much-anticipated Park Square development on the Umhlanga Ridge are going to change the way the locals see convenience.”
While it is now widely agreed that disruptive innovation is key to effective property funding structures and solutions, the imperative for providers of property finance to think out of the box extends beyond funding propositions; they also have a key role to play in helping to shape the future of the property sector as a whole.
A HOTEL that for decades has been a home-away-from home for thousands of Gautengers fleeing to the warm beaches of Durban will come under the Reliance Auctions hammer.
JLL’s Q1 2018 market reports unpack topical trends impacting South Africa’s main office, industrial and retail markets in the commercial real estate sector.
South Africa’s largest self storage group, Stor-Age, continued to demonstrate the strength of its sector specialisation and resilient product when declaring a dividend of 98 cents for the year to March 2018, up 11.1% year-on-year and continuing an unbroken dividend growth trend since listing in November 2015.
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