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Hyprop Investments is a hot stock pick for 2015.

Hyprop Investments' share price falls 4% over the past week‚ creating what some believe is a temporary buying opportunity for investors keen to share in the spoils of SA's largest shopping centres and the burgeoning consumer markets of Ghana and Zambia.

Resilient Property Income Fund on Thursday said it had increased its stake from 10% to 75% in two major, adjacent shopping centres in southern Durban through a net purchase price of R1.39bn.

Rebosis remains confident it will achieve its target distribution growth of between 7.6% and 11.1% for the full year ended August.

Macquarie First South Securities property analyst Leon Allison says Rebosis’ share price performance has probably been held back by a potential overhang of stock.

South African listed property sector has undergone some dramatic changes over the past 13 years, becoming increasingly sophisticated.

The JSE’s R146bn listed property sector has posted another solid performance over the past 12 months, making more money for investors than general equities, cash or bonds.

Property loan stock company Vukile Property Fund says it is to acquire a portfolio of 20 properties, worth nearly R1.5bn, from Sanlam Life Insurance.

When will SA Corporate begin delivering sector-average income growth again? That’s the million dollar question that long-suffering shareholders are no doubt pondering after another below par performance from the Old Mutual-managed property fund.

Listed property may well be beating general equities in the total return stakes for the year to date, but the August reporting season reveals a widening performance gap among the JSE’s 20-odd property counters.