Industrial rentals rising, but we're not out of the woods yet
Rode's report on the SA property market - Quarter 2013:1 - The latest issue of Rode's Report on the SA Property Market reveals a modicum of good news for the industrial property market, says property...
View ArticleTrip notes from WEF Africa 2013 in Cape Town
Country Views: South Africa: Download from the mother city - We spent three days at the end of last week in Cape Town attending the World Economic Forum on Africa summit discussing South Africa's...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ZAR hits 9.50, our Q2 forecast target, what drivers from here?
Risk events for Q2 are only beginning to develop - medium-run upside risks to USDZAR from here - Our original Q2 forecast for USDZAR was 9.50 which we pencilled in at the end of last year, citing the...
View ArticleDrivers of demand for office space losing momentum
Declining growth in the service sector of the economy and diminishing business confidence - A weakening demand for office space as well as sluggish growth in market rentals are on the cards, says Erwin...
View ArticleOutlook for property market remains weak
Overall lack of business confidence and weak growth in the services sector of the economy - The key drivers of house prices and residential rentals are showing no vigour, according to the latest Rode's...
View ArticleImproving access and competition in cross-border money remittances
Remittances from South Africa into SADC are around Rand 11.2 billion per annum - FinMark Trust welcomes the far reaching changes made to Section A.4 of the Exchange Control Rulings which will encourage...
View ArticleWithout proper benchmarks, infrastructure investments will be stunted
Asset class that has become ubiquitous in the public debate but remains mostly un-charted - In a new position paper, EDHEC-Risk Institute argues that benchmarking long-term infrastructure investments...
View ArticleSmaller houses showing the strongest growth
The consumer is under unrelenting stress - Smaller houses are showing the strongest growth - this according to the latest Rode's Report on the SA Property Market.
View ArticleMorningstar replies to ASISA
We'd like to clear up some inaccuracies - The study scores over 80 different components of an industry and the two points raised by ASISA do not actually impact the grades for South Africa in any way.
View ArticlePoor prognosis for office space
Nationally, office vacancy rates are finding it hard to drop - And, given the under-performance of important drivers of office demand, a sudden improvement in office vacancy rates should not be expected.
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