Echo Polska Properties (EPP), which lists on the JSE in September following a listing on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) in August, remains excited about the prospects for the Polish real estate market despite the current volatility in Europe and other markets around the world.
Rebosis Property Fund is positioning itself for a rerating, which will attract larger investors and enable the company to join global indices.
Properties grows its earnings per share 10% in the six months to June, despite concerns over the strength of the British consumer and downward pressure on UK property prices.
The weaker economic outlook continues to add pressure on office rentals, but JSE-listed diversified real estate investment trust Redefine Properties (JSE: RDF) says a well located office block with the right offering "should let".
US, European and Asian fund managers are apparently starting to bulk up exposure to UK property stocks to cash in on the weaker pound and negative sentiment about Brexit.
Echo Polska Properties (EPP), in which South Africa’s Redefine Properties (JSE: RDF) holds a strategic 49.9% stake, is aiming to list on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) in August 2016 followed by a listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in September 2016.
Arrowhead Properties (‘Arrowhead’), the South African JSE listed Real Estate Investment Trust, (‘REIT’) announced today that it has made an expression of interest to acquire all or the majority of the issued share capital of Emira Property Fund Limited (‘Emira’) by means of a scheme of arrangement subject to the satisfactory conclusion of a due diligence investigation in respect of Emira’s forecast income for the 12 months ending 30 June 2017.
With his extensive acumen as a property developer and investor, Jeff Zidel has been appointed President of the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC).
Attacq is a leading capital growth fund in the real estate sector founded in 2005. It acquired the Waterfall development rights in 2008.
Listed-sector interest in residential real estate grows, but only a few funds have managed to build sizeable portfolios.

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