Investment holding company RMH today announced that will expand its current, single investment in FirstRand to create a property investment business.

Atterbury Group celebrates 20 years of successful operation at the same time as the country marks two decades of democracy in South Africa.

Hyprop Investments for the second half of 2011 should dispel doubts about the acquisition of Attfund’s R9bn shopping centre portfolio in September last year.

The reappointed CEO of JSE-listed Hyprop, Pieter Prinsloo, has been asked to steer a mamoth R20bn retail-focused property fund.

This week’s listing of R2,2bn to the real estate sector’s market cap, which is fast ap proaching R130bn, up from R100bn 18 months ago.

Redefine Properties has declared a distribution of 16 cents per linked unit for the quarter ending in February, which combined with the distribution of 15 cents for the quarter ending in November 2010, results in a total distribution of 31 cents per linked unit for the six months ended February 28.

Hyprop Investments has announced changes to the composition of its R8.986bn offer for Attfund Retail.

Listed property company Acucap Properties yesterday announced it had acquired a 17,5% interest in Sycom Property Fund for R787,6m

There are opportunities for new property listings on the JSE despite an “incredibly competitive market” and low capitalisation rates, says Paul Duncan, investment analyst at Catalyst Fund Managers

Standard Bank has the key to winning control of Grayprop, the blue-chip property unit trust (PUT) - not through the 24% share in Grayprop's management company (manco),but via the pre-emptive right to buy Allan Gray's 76%, which has so far gone unnoticed.