The listed property sector is continuing to perform strongly, with the total return for the year at 16,9%, or an annualised 81%, at mid-March.

The Free State area has been highlighted by real estate group, Pam Golding Properties, as a growth area both in terms of the property market as well as increased market share.

Some commentators believe there are major opportunities for local property companies on the continent.

Premium Properties Limited today announced a total distribution for the year ended 28 February 2005 of 50 cents per linked unit.

Inframax Holdings, a property developer active in the middle to upper end of the residential property market, has closed its order book because of the overheated state this sector finds itself in.

Adequate infrastructure or the lack of it  is shaping up as a critical factor in the future of the property market.

With most residential property pundits focusing on the Cape Town and Johannesburg property markets, scant regard has been paid to Bloemfontein.

Nedbank has bought a stake in the R800 million Capegate mixed use development on the N1 in Brackenfell, another sign of financier bullishness about the South African property market - particularly the retail sector.

Stricker controls on Mozambicans entering Mpumalanga's capital may have a detrimental effect on the residential property market.

The Cape commercial property market is starting to follow the residential property market by using the auction mechanism as a first choice method of sale, says Auction Alliance CEO Rael Levitt.