Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, inflation-fighting interest rates and slow economic growth, South Africa boasts the largest commercial real estate (CRE) industry in Africa. If recent reforms persist, interest rates continue to lower and key metros stabilise, a long-awaited commercial property boom could follow.

Location is a key consideration when choosing where to live or invest in property, say Anton Hartmann and Tyron Baird, of HB Realty.

Results from the listed property sector in 2020 showed property values reducing by an average of around 8%. And while listed property is just one component of the South African property sector.

Attacq Limited (Attacq), the JSE-listed REIT developing Waterfall City and its JV Partner, Tricolt, is proud to announce that the Ellipse Waterfall development has continued to achieve incredible success, with total sales to date exceeding R1 billion.

Real estate has long been a rewarding sector of the financial markets. Like all sectors, share prices and the underlying fundamentals of commercial property assets weakened in early 2020, as South Africa and the rest of the world came to grips with managing through the pandemic, with some sectors suffering more than others.

JSE-listed property company MAS Real Estate confirmed that the tranche of 41.7 million of its shares sold Friday 15 January 2021 for R500-million has been acquired for the benefit of the Mary Oppenheimer family interests, under the guidance of advisor Stockdale Street Ltd.

As the world begins to show signs of a return to normalcy, sustainability has become the rallying point for business strategy, commonly referred to as the ‘green recovery’.

Investec Property Fund Limited (IPF or the Fund) is pleased to announce H2 2020 earnings available for distributionof 75.7cps (H2 2019: 73.5cps) representing 3.0% year-on-year growth.

With her wealth of financial and property sector experience, Joanne Solomon has been appointed as the first CEO of the SA REIT Association.

MSCI Index reveals 7.9% total return in 2019.