Liberty Two Degrees (L2D) is pleased to announce the commencement of trading of Liberty Two Degrees Limited (New L2D) on the Main Board of the JSE today, following the successful fulfillment of the conditions precedent to the restructuring transactions.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed real-estate company NEPI Rockcastle plc's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating at 'BBB' with a Stable Outlook.

The inflow of imports, most consumer goods, is contributing to increasing demand for storage, logistics and warehousing services in South Africa, and a clear correlation is visible in the trend of wholesale and retail trade sales in comparison to imports.

Shawn Theunissen of South African small business developer Property Point, a Growthpoint Properties initiative, has been named 2018 Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) Global Member of the Year.

Preliminary results for the year ended 31 August 2018.

South Africa’s growth outlook has been revised downwards to 0.7% in 2018, said National Treasury on Wednesday.

JSE listed REIT Octodec Investments Limited today announced its full year results which were impacted by pressure on rental income growth, the lag effect of the let-up period at recent developments, and competitive pressures. A distribution of 203.4 cents per share was declared for the period.

Private sector-financed building activity (see explanatory note) in the South African market for new housing showed continued diverging trends on specifically a segment level in the first eight months of 2018, which caused the planning phase of new housing to have improved whereas the construction phase has contracted over this period.

Third quarter (Q3 18) statistics released by ooba, South Africa’s leading home loan originator, show that year-on-year from Q3 17 to Q3 18, the growth in the Average Purchase Price effectively remained static with a 0.1% increase. This continues the trend of negative real price growth (growth less inflation) in the residential property market.

Equites Property Fund Limited today announced growth of 11.7% in its distribution per share for the six months ended 31 August 2018 to 68.12 cents, as well as a 49% growth in the fair value of its property portfolio over the corresponding period in August 2017, from R6.8 billion to R10.1 billion.