“Climate change is real,” Minister Mboweni’s budget speech statement is a fact. But now what? We need to be smart, diligent and brave to reach the low carbon future the National Development Plan plotted out for us, says Dorah Modise, CEO Green Building Council South Africa.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says the South African Revenue Service will collect R15.4 billion less than earlier projected.

No quick fix for SA’s Budget, but there’s some hope….

It was recently announced that South Africa is in a technical recession, and although it sounds daunting to buy a house during a recession, it might be the perfect time to do so.

Divercity Urban Property Fund has turned the first sod of the Jewel City redevelopment in Joburg CBD.

Investec Australia Property Fund, the only inward-listed Australian REIT on the JSE, today announced an interim distribution of 5.05 AUD cents per unit (cpu) pre-withholding tax (WHT) and 4.65 cpu post-WHT (2017: 4.95 cpu pre-WHT and 4.64 cpu post-WHT).

The SA REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) sector is updating its best practice recommendations to make financial reporting of South African REITs even clearer and more comparable.

Financially speaking, the notion of a trust tends to have connotations to wealth and independence (trust fund children?!) but when it comes to property and trusts, it is useful to know your trust benefits from your tax law in order to determine if this is a viable route for protecting your asset and optimising your money.

Consumers will breathe a sigh of relief after the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%.

Growthpoint Properties today announced distribution growth of 6.5% per share for its full year to 30 June 2018 for investors, delivering a solid set of results that match its market guidance.