Spear REIT Limited is acquiring a premium grade office portfolio in Tygervalley for R960 million from Ingenuity Property Investments. Located at 1 Sportica Crescent, the three office buildings compris...
Afrimat has reported a 20.3% increase in group revenue for its financial year ended 28th February 2026 to R10 billion from R8.3 billion, with a 9.6% increase in its operating profit to R523.7 million ...
The municipality is also proposing a further raise to the rates-free rebate for the first R620 000 of a property’s value, up from R450 000, for residential properties under R8 million. Mayor Geordin H...
The Western Cape Property Development Forum (WCPDF) has secured CPD points for its upcoming annual 2026 conference, ‘Future (City) Perfect, to be held on the 24th and 25th of June at the CTICC in Cape...
Hyprop Investments Limited is acquiring Galleria Burgas, a premier shopping centre on Bulgaria’s east coast for €122.2 million (before adjustments). The acquisition is being carried out by Balkan Reta...
The South African real estate landscape is undergoing a definitive structural shift. As of early 2026 numbers, the auction industry has made huge steps in making the auction disposal method the prefe...
Global property markets extended their recovery into 2025, with the All-Property Total Return rising to 4.8%, up from 2.0% in 2024 and a clear rebound from the negative returns recorded in 2023. For m...
Balwin Properties has received a firm intention offer from a consortium including the PIC, acting on behalf of the GEPF, together with Balwin founder investors, to acquire all eligible issued ordinary...
The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee has greenlit plans for an inner-city affordable housing and mixed-use development on a municipal parking lot at the Civic Centre in the CBD. According to Coun...
PPC has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Sinoma Overseas Development Co. Limited to collaborate on several initiatives related to PPC Zimbabwe. In the short term, the focus will be on impr...
South African REITs delivered a 38.6% total return in 2025, building on 2024’s 35.8% performance, and completing two consecutive years of gains according to the latest SA REIT Association Chart Book. ...
South Africa’s office vacancy rate declined to 12.8% in Q4 2025, the lowest since late 2020 according to SAPOA’s Office Vacancy Survey Report for Q4 2025 – and reflecting steady gains across several m...
Marriott International and V&A Waterfront Holdings have signed an agreement to open The Cape Town EDITION within the precinct in 2026, marking the debut of EDITION Hotels in Africa. The Cape Town EDIT...
Exemplar REITail and McCormick Property Development is closing 2025 with over 100 000m2 new GLA under development across three provinces, in addition to several refurbishment and expansion projects. L...
South Africa’s recent removal from the FATF Grey List marks a critical milestone in restoring international trust and confidence in the country’s regulatory and financial frameworks. While it remains...
IFA Hotels & Resorts (IFAHR) has unveiled its Zimbali Vision 2030 including two pioneering projects, a marina development and the Zimbali Country Estate positioned across the N2 from Zimbali Lakes. Th...
Growthpoint Properties has officially opened the Sandton Drive Link Bridge. Spanning the key arterial route of Sandton Drive, the new R26m pedestrian bridge directly connects Growthpoint’s premium off...
The City of Cape Town has signed a Power of Attorney in favour of the National Department of Public Works as part of an agreement that will see the municipality and National Government exchange owners...
eThekwini Municipality has announced plans for a R1 billion amusement park at the former Durban Funworld site. The amusement park will be developed in partnership with two leading Italian amusement en...
SA’s REITs extended their winning streak in November 2025, delivering a 9.1% total return following October 2025’s 10.8% gain. According to the SA REIT Association’s monthly Chartbook, the sector sig...
The redevelopment of the Golden Acre Precinct in Cape Town CBD has begun with the commercial office tower being converted into residential apartments with upgraded retail and a safer, better-connected...
The residential rental market continued to cool in Q3 2025 according to the latest PayProp Rental Index with year-on-year rental growth having eased to 4.9%, slightly down from 5% in Q2 2025. Average ...
The data shows that the SA listed property sector delivered a 9.7% total return in November 2025 alone, pushing its year-to-date growth to 46.2%. In a global context, the Global REIT Index was up 12%...
SAPOA’s legal challenge against the City of Cape Town’s adopted 2025/2026 Budget was heard in the Western Cape High Court between Tuesday, the 2nd of December 2025 and Thursday, the 4th of December 20...
Owner of Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, Pareto Limited, alongside Divercity Property Group, have broken ground on the R850 million residential redevelopment of Menlyn Office Park to deliver 1 200 new ap...
The Q3 2025 Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) registered a double-digit, quarter-on-quarter increase, representing a significant improvement compared to Q2 2025’s results. The composite index of activi...
Buoyed by continuing strengthening of sector performance in Q3 2025, South African retail property is ideally placed to leverage evolving consumer shifts, says Belinda Clur, managing director of Clur ...
The Cavaleros Group has announced its acquisition of the iconic Portside Towers – the tallest building in Cape Town and a defining landmark within the city. This acquisition marks a significant milest...
Accelerate Property Fund has reported a R59,4 million increase in its revenue during the six months ended 30th of September 2025, primarily due to increased commercial rent, parking income, and a R82,...
Stats SA’s 10-year review of new buildings in the private sector between 2014 and 2023 shows that the City of Cape Town led in new residential units with 96 725 completions of mainly freestanding home...
Fairvest Limited has posted its results for the year ended 30th September 2025, declaring an annual distribution of 142.57 cents per A share and 48.15 cents per B share, surpassing its guidance to the...
Hyprop Investments Limited has issued an operational update post the release of its FY2025 results in September 2025, with both its South African and Eastern European portfolios having delivered stron...
Property Point’s Real Estate Incubator Programme has secured grant funding from impact investor E Squared Investments, shortly following the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority’s (PPRA) offici...
Growthpoint Properties has set an asset disposal target of R3.5 billion for FY2026 to reduce its exposure in the office sector (particularly its B grade office space) and older industrial and manufact...
Fortress Real Estate Investments Limited has released its pre-close operational update for the period ended 30th June 2025, reporting an historic-low vacancy rate in its South African logistics portfo...
The province’s development regions showed markedly different trajectories with KwaDukuza recording a 40% rise in building plan approvals in 2024; eThekwini South having surged by 357%; and eThekwini C...
The REIT holds a total of R54 billion in property assets with approximately two thirds (and net property income) generated in Spain and Portugal through its 99.6%-held subsidiary, Castellana Propertie...
Stefanutti Stocks has released its results for the six months ended 31st August 2025, reporting an increase in contract revenue to R3.7 billion (August 2024: R3.6 billion) and an improvement in its op...
Octodec Investments has posted its results for the year ended 31st of August 2025, reporting a 4.6% increase in revenue to R2.2 billion. While all the sectors in which it operates contributed to the ...
Global property markets extended their recovery through the first half of 2025, building on the positive momentum established in late 2024 according to SAPOA’s Global Property Trends Report H1 2025. A...
PPC says it has delivered its best-in-sector performance for the six months ended 30th September 2025 with its EBITDA having increased by 23.5% to R983 million (H1 FY2025: R796 million) with its EBITD...
Hammerson plc has acquired the remaining 50% interest in one of the UK’s top retail, leisure, and lifestyle destinations, The Oracle, from its JV partner, Abu Dhabi Investments Authority, at a headlin...
Heriot REIT has broken ground its nine-storey student accommodation development, The Fibonacci. Located just 1.5 km from UCT and within close reach of Damelin and CPUT, the development sits along the ...
Burstone Group has posted its interim results for the six months ended 30th September 2025, reporting significant growth in like-for-like net operating income (NOI) from its South African portfolio of...
Delta Property Fund has posted its half-year results for the six months ended 31st August 2025, reporting a 71.86% increase in its profit from R29.5 million to R50.7 million, driven by its disposal pr...
Mall of Mthatha (formerly BT Ngebs Mall) has officially launched, marking the completion of its landmark upgrade under new ownership – Vukile Property Fund and Flanagan & Gerard Property Group. Since ...
NEPI Rockcastle has issued its business update following the recent announcement of its incoming CEO, Marek Noetzel. The Group reported a 12.3% year-on-year increase in net operating income (NOI) dur...
The 2025 class of SAPOA’s flagship Property Development Programme (PDP) recently celebrated graduation at an intimate dinner held at The President Hotel in Cape Town. A long-standing partnership betwe...
Disputes between main contractors and subcontractors are rising across SA, largely due to poor contract awareness, non-standard agreements, and weak regulatory oversight. Subcontractors, often despera...
While recent interest rate cuts have helped revive SA’s residential property market, FNB says its data shows that constrained property supply appears to be the primary force driving the current upward...