Metboard Properties increases turnover
Industrial property focused listed company increases earnings
Metboard scales down vacancies.
DISPOSAL of noncore property assets has helped focused industrial property fund Metboard reduce its vacancies by about 50% in the past few months.
'Auctions are becoming the preferred method of sale'.
Auction sales of commercial and industrial property in Cape Town seem to be following international property trends as a preferred method of sale, says Auction Alliance chief executive Rael Levitt.
Property derivatives can mitigate risks.
SA investors do not have the option of putting money into instruments derived from underlying assets in the market.
Focus on limited industries.
Property economist Erwin Rode is criticising listed property fund managers for devoting too much energy to pursuing limited shopping centre developments while there are ample opportunities in the office and industrial property sectors.
Auctions can unwrap a real value.
Auction sales of commercial and industrial property in Gauteng are following international trends, according to Auction Alliance Chief Executive Rael Levitt.
Rentals hurt Pangbourne.
THE first-half financial period for property loan stock company Pangbourne Properties was dominated by the tidying up of the group's portfolio following a merger with two other listed funds, CBD Properties and Pioneers Funds.
A kick-start from the public sector
Megaprojects are attracting interest.
Taking a different look at risk
The commercial and industrial property market in SA is taking an increasingly focused view of the different types of risk that pertain to investment in different property sectors and nodes, says Russell Inggs, head of Nedbank Property Finance.
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