Buying a home is likely the largest financial decision most people will ever make.

JSE listed REIT Octodec today announced half year results exceeding its distribution guidance despite the challenging economic, political and operating environment.

The downgrading of South Africa's debt to junk status and the firing of Pravin Gordhan as finance minister mean that interest rates will be on hold until 2020 at least, a poll of economists predicted yesterday.

Funding commercial property developments with a mix of hard and local currency provides an innovative mechanism for Africa’s commercial real estate sector, to mitigate currency volatility and liquidity risk says Standard Bank. 

The Reserve Bank has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 7% per annum, Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Thursday.

“We welcome today’s decision by the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to maintain the repo rate at 7% as it provides some relief to consumers dealing with rising food inflation and taxes”, says Bruce Swain, CEO of Leapfrog Property Group.

Estimated 1st time buyer percentage sees a rise for the 2nd successive quarter.

Diversified property REIT, Texton Property Fund Limited (“Texton”), today announced sound interim results, declaring an interim dividend of 47,95 cents per share.

Fairvest Property Holdings Limited (“Fairvest”) today announced another set of strong results for the first six months of the 2017 financial year, with distributions increasing by 9.57% year-on-year.

The FNB House Price Index for 2016 as a whole rose by 5%, slower than the 7.2% and 6.5% for 2014 and 2015 respectively.