Residential rental returns and capital growth are by no means uniform in south africa – and investors should realise this.

Due to the high levels of competition and low returns for core products in the office and retail sectors, real estate investors are searching for investment opportunities in alternative use types, demonstrated in data released by IPD today.

Commercial property returns rose to 1.5% in November, their highest monthly return since March 2010, according to the IPD UK Monthly Property Index.

Arrowhead Properties today announced that it has reached an agreement with Sasol Pension Fund for the purchase of the Sasol Building located in Rosebank.

Accelerate Property Fund listed today on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ("JSE"), in the "Real Estate – Real Estate Holdings and Development" sector.

Five years ago, SA investors who wanted exposure to offshore property had only one JSE-listed option: the former Liberty International.

Redefine Income Fund today announced a 16% increase in total distributions for the year ended 31 August 2006 of 42.7 cents per linked unit. This represents a total income and capital growth of 41% and a total return of 35%.

Listed property unit trust Martprop Fund said on Tuesday it had acquired both an office and an industrial property in Gauteng for a total outlay of R65,5m. 

REMAIN COMMITTED: Standard Bank Properties’ Mariette Warner.

Total returns for SA commercial property accelerated to 23.4% in 2004, up from 15.3% in 2003, breaking the previous record of 17.4% set in 1997