The Property Loan Stock Association (PLSA) will be hosting its first-ever management, REITs REALITY – towards a REIT environment in South Africa – on 16th and 17th August at the Sandton Convention centre.

The South African Listed Property Index has come down 8% since May 12 as the property sector, along with other asset classes, weakened following higher interest rates in the US

Kommersiële eiendom in die buiteland bied veel groener weivelde aan internasionale eiendomsbeleggers.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse genoteerde-eiendomsektor het vanjaar sy stewige lopie van die laaste paar jaar voortgesit en die fundamentele toestande in die eiendomsbedryf is in dié stadium die beste nóg.

Listed property's party is over and investors in the sector can expect lower, more stable, total returns of about 13% next year, says First South Securities.

Cape Town - Habitat Property Investments, a residential property income fund, was going ahead with its intended listing on the JSE Securities Exchange, Anton Botha, the managing director of Catalyst Property Asset Managers, the manager of Habitat, said on Friday.

Redefine Income Fund today announced a distribution of 8.25 cents per linked unit for its third quarter from 1 March 2004 to 31 May 2004.

Following recent transactions Redefine Income Fund has the longest lease expiry profile on the listed property sector of the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.