BER Weekly Economic Review: 14 January 2019 Domestic data released during the first full week of 2019 presented a mixed bag. Manufacturing data, both survey and official statistics, suggest that the factory sector ended 2018 on a positive note. However, new vehicle sales data for December......
14 January, 2019 Scenarios For South Africa NewsThe housing market may well have cooled, but Joburg is in the midst of a sectional-title development boom BL PREMIUM, 01 November 2018 – 05:00 Joan Muller Apartment living is taking off in Joburg, judging by the crop of luxury residential developments under way across......
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The statistics on youth unemployment in SA are staggering: young people make up 36% of our population, yet more than 50% of those younger than 24 are unemployed. It means more than 6- million young people are not in education, employment or training. Immense suffering......
05 November, 2018 Scenarios For The Building Industry NewsThe immediate visceral reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s land edict was dismay. But if you’re able to get past that, there are quite a few positives 16 August 2018 – 05:00 Thuli Madonsela Picture: 123RF/Jagdish Agarwal President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the ANC has decided......
16 August, 2018 Scenarios For South Africa NewsThe private sector is looking to get involved in inner-city development again, says Johannesburg’s mayor 15 August 2018 – 05:05 Alistair Anderson The city is ultimately looking to redevelop about 500 buildings over five years and will start with the 71 selected properties. Picture: ISTOCK......
15 August, 2018 Scenarios For The Building Industry NewsBy: Alistair Anderson Fund managers have quashed suggestions that the Resilient group of companies owns or has exposure to overrated assets in SA and eastern Europe, saying that its peers have actually tried and failed to acquire a number of these assets. At other times,......
21 June, 2018 Scenarios For Listed Property Sector News Scenarios NewsIndustrial property has been a strong performing subsector of listed property Redefine Properties, a diversified real estate investment trust, will soon launch the S&J industrial estate in Germiston, as it aims to invest further into high-tech industrial real estate rather than smoke-stack factories. Industrial property has......
21 June, 2018 Scenarios For Listed Property Sector News Scenarios NewsThe South African Institute of Black Property Practitioners (SAIBPP) has honoured Growthpoint Properties for demonstrating outstanding commitment to the transformation in the property sector. This is the first time that SAIBPP’s Annual Awards have acknowledged property sector companies that, through their programmes and procurement policies,......
21 June, 2018 Scenarios For Listed Property Sector News Scenarios NewsBy: Alistair Anderson SA’s listed property stocks have had a relatively subdued reaction to the downgrade by S&P Global Ratings and the dismissal of Pravin Gordhan as finance minister and Mcebisi Jonas as his deputy. Analysts have said that while listed property prices had held......
21 June, 2018 Scenarios For Listed Property Sector News Scenarios NewsDOWNGRADE CONCERNS : Growthpoint Properties and Old Mutual Investment Group’s MacroSolutions bosses fear that possible policy changes would affect investor sentiment in a sluggish economy By: Alistair Anderson The bosses of SA’s two largest locally based real estate companies are becoming increasingly concerned that political......
21 June, 2018 Scenarios For Listed Property Sector News Scenarios NewsAnalysts say double-digit returns are again possible for real estate stocks in 2017, but potential pitfalls remain The party may not be over for South African listed property, with prominent fund managers expecting the sector to remain resilient and even deliver double-digit total returns this......
21 June, 2018 Scenarios For Listed Property Sector News Scenarios NewsBy: Alistair Anderson Has the SA listed property sector’s corporate governance kept pace with all its dramatic changes? SA’s listed property sector has exploded over the past five years with a slew of listings, mergers, acquisitions and more capital raisings than any other sector on......
21 June, 2018 Scenarios For Listed Property Sector News Scenarios NewsIn a budget presented by the City of Johannesburg finance manager, Geoffrey Makhubo, on Tuesday announced R103m had been set aside for the facelift and upgrading its council chambers office in Braamfontein. It is part of R281m allocated to the office of the speaker of......
21 June, 2018 Scenarios For The Refurbishment Market News Scenarios NewsPretoria’s Wonderpark Shopping Centre has received a whopping R540 million phase two expansion from the owners Emira Property Fund, which will add a host of top retailers to the existing tenant mix. The property fund said phase two was completed in April and now the......
21 June, 2018 Scenarios For The Refurbishment Market News Scenarios NewsThe Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) this week once again celebrated inner-city regeneration as it handed out the 2010 Halala Awards, which single out private sector developers working on inner city properties. ‘We will continue to identify, recognise and spotlight those who, through their investments and effort,......
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