Recovering hotel market boosts Tsogo Sun
CEO Marcel von Aulock says group is running a R25bn capital expansion programmeInvestec Property Fund doubles size of portfolio to R4.2bn
‘Balanced portfolio’ delivers solid performance, while group’s comfortable gearing ratio allows agile response to acquisition opportunities, CEO says
Growthpoint starts R2.5bn capital raising
Units issued to fund investments, opportunities in South Africa, Australia
Unlisted property sector ‘holds some of SA’s most prized assets’
This is an attractive time for unlisted property groups to list, thanks to introduction of the real estate investment trust structure and the sector being expensive, writes Nick Hedley
Sasol plans office behemoth in Sandton
Petrochemicals giant consolidating Gauteng offices into new building that will be among the country’s largest private, single-tenanted office developments
Serviced offices in Africa ‘among dearest in world’
High office rents in Africa due to limited supply and strong international demand, according to UK-based flexible office specialist
Investors overlook residential property in SA
SA’s listed property sector not as keen on housing units as developed world, writes Nick Hedley
‘Extend Reit tax regime to all’
Property owners’ association wants favourable tax dispensations of real estate investment trust structure extended to unlisted players
Pundits see ‘correction’ occurring in listed property
Performance of listed property tends to track performance of bonds, both of which are income-generating investments
The Success Academy to focus on Centurion
Office property developer intends to rapidly expand portfolio in Centurion, citing its niche sector and geographical focus as a contributor to the firm’s performance and outlook
Buyers, not banks or agents, push for greener homes
Home buyers push nascent trend towards green architecture that saves energy and water and reduces the emission of greenhouse gases
Reits seen as good for hotel investment
Tax regime of new property fund model encourages investors, writes Nick Hedley
Ingenuity’s net asset value rises in half year
Ingenuity Property Investments says its portfolio continues to perform well in six months to February 28 and net asset value per share rises to 76c from 67c
Tread carefully in global listed property market
Reports of good returns in global listed property are common, so it is worth taking the sector’s temperature to make sure that you are not jumping in at the tail end of the boom
Arrowhead hails its 13.5% distribution growth
Property loan stock company reports 13.6% growth in distributions for quarter ended March
Tax benefits in new SA REIT structures
Investors have been able to put money into real estate investment trusts (REITs) on the JSE since May 1
Pam Golding Properties joins in Johannesburg inner-city development
Property manager partners with developer of inner-city Johannesburg’s Maboneng precinct
SUMMIT TV: Delta Property Fund posts maiden distribution, doubles portfolio
Summit TV talks to Delta Property Fund CEO Sandile Nomvete about its full-year results, and recent capital-raising exercises to fund vigorous growth
Delta Property Fund meets distribution forecast
Black-managed listed fund achieves maiden distribution of 23.69c per linked unit, reports 96% occupancy rate and completes R1bn rights offer to fund further acquisitions
Real estate dream — or is it all a myth?
South Africans have a fixation with residential property: we are told from early on that we have to own a home. So when we start working, our goal is to buy a house or a flat
Stanlib sees continent as hot property
Company to launch fund to capitalise on growing African market, writes Nick Hedley
Capco ‘in strong position after active start’
Company’s busy start to the year reflects quality of the group’s portfolio, says CEO Ian Hawksworth
Hyprop converts R648m in bank loans into bonds
Hyprop Investments announce a "favourable" restructuring of its debt facilities, with the conversion of R648m in conventional bank loans into debt capital market funding
Industrial property rentals growth ‘gaining pace’
Rode & Associates property valuer and economist Erwin Rode says the growth is probably due to the lagged effect of declining vacancy rates
Property stocks gain from ‘strong bond market’
Keillen Ndlovu, the head of listed-property funds at Stanlib, says listed property returns are 18.8% for the year to date
CAPE NEWS: Buyers love to be beside the seaside
Property sales at Cape Town’s iconic V&A Waterfront are reliant on strong retail sales, writes Anna-Marie Smith
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- Capital to convert racecourse into logistics park
- Rebosis CEO upbeat as interim distribution grows
- Propco buys Radisson Blu Gautrain hotel
- PROPERTY HIGHLIGHT: Rare opportunity arises in desirable Sandhurst
- Property heavyweights look set to slug it out over retail prize
- Liberty aims to launch African property fund
- Operating costs hit commercial property sector
- Vividend payout up 10% with growth in portfolio
- SHOWCASE: Avant-garde is given wings
- Tread lightly in housing market
- New real estate regime to cut ‘costs for investors’
- Peace pipe smoke over Somerset Mall
- Increase in rental income boosts sector
- Nedbank makes its mark on property finance vista
- Fixed investment property hits pre-recession high
- Dipula to pay R559m for retail properties
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