The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has increased the repurchase rate (repo) by 25 basis points, effective 23 November, Governor Lesetja Kganyago announced on Thursday. 

JSE self storage specialist REIT, Stor-Age, continued to demonstrate the resilience of its business model with 9.1% dividend growth for the six months to September 2018, to 51.30 cents per share, in a tough macro landscape.

NEPI Rockcastle announces the official opening of its 59^th property, Novi Sad Promenada in Serbia’s second largest city, Novi Sad. Novi Sad is a thriving city of approximately 320,000 inhabitants.

SA-focussed and diversified REIT, Dipula Income Fund, reported double-digit growth in distributable earnings to R504.2 million, and its DIA and DIB  dividends per share were up over 4,4% a piece year-on-year. 

Indluplace Properties Limited, a JSE-listed REIT with a portfolio that provides affordable rental housing, today released its financial results for the year ended 30 September 2018.

According to the latest findings of the World Green Building Trends 2018 Smart Market Report, the emergent green building movement has indicated an increase in the percentage of industry respondents who expect to build their projects green – a jump from 27% in 2018 to almost half by 2021 (47%).

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).

Opening the inaugural South Africa Investment Conference, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on potential investors to invest in the country for more bang for their buck.

Foreign exchange and inflation have stabilized in Nigeria amid emerging market pressures.

Commercial property forms an important part of the investable asset universe.