Rebosis Property Fund has concluded agreements for the acquisition of letting enterprises and properties from several vendors.

The company made its debut on the JSE in May, only interested quality assets that would enhance yields while growing its portfolio.

Listed property may well be beating general equities in the total return stakes for the year to date, but the August reporting season reveals a widening performance gap among the JSE’s 20-odd property counters.

The withdrawal of the listing of the Old Mutual Triangle Fund is described as 'somewhat disappointing' by Angelique De Rauville, the portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management.

Last year more money about R4,5bn was invested into real estate funds, than into equity R4bn unit trusts, there are now 22 real estate funds for just 19 shares in the sector.

As at the 31st May 2011 the historic rolled income yield of SA listed property was 7.97%. The outlook for distribution growth over the next 12 months remains reasonable and the sector is likely to continue delivering real growth in income distributions

Property Loan Stocks continue to pique the interest of both small and large investors, thanks to strong returns tracked in the short-term and even stronger results posted over the long-term.

This week’s listing of R2,2bn to the real estate sector’s market cap, which is fast ap proaching R130bn, up from R100bn 18 months ago.

Rebosis, the first black-managed and black-held property fund, which made its debut on the JSE on Tuesday, is expected to offer investors an initial 8,6% forward yield with forecast growth in distributions of 12% next year.

Rebosis Property Fund announced that its private placement was oversubscribed, with the fund successfully placing 165 851 703 units for R1.6bn.