Private developers are playing an increasingly important role in growing the listed property sector as good quality commercial properties become scarcer.

Developers, builders, agents and buyers face supply constraints and frustration.

THE Stellenbosch-based Bureau for Economic Research (BER) reports in its latest survey on the building industry that tender prices are rising above-inflation percentages and also by more than builders’ input.

The multibillion-rand Ibhubezi Gas project, which was launched recently in Cape Town, has already had a significant and positive impact on the property markets of Langebaan and Saldanha.