The company was created from the core of McCormick Property Development (MPD) – a company with over 35 years of experience in the development and management of rural retail centres.

While SA offers the best real estate investment opportunities in Africa, investors need to focus on funds that have strong property fundamentals.

Frank Berkeley is the Former Managing Director of Nedbank Corporate Property Finance. He is also a Non-Executive Director at Acucap Properties Limited and an Independent Non-Executive Director at Sycom Property Fund Limited. Berkeley has over 23 years of property experience.

Nedbank is pleased to announce the appointment of Robin Lockhart-Ross as the new Managing Executive of Nedbank Corporate Property Finance (NCPF), replacing Frank Berkeley

Since 2008, the global economic crisis has prompted a number of challenges, and no small amount of change, across all financial market sectors; and commercial property finance is no exception.

Two international trend hawks fly into Cape Town next week, bringing inspiration and insight for the annual gathering of SA’s retail heavyweights.

Nedbank today announced that Managing Executive of Nedbank Corporate Property Finance, Frank Berkeley, has decided to take early retirement effective end August 2014.

The IPD South Africa Annual Property Index shows that the South African investment property sector delivered a stable 15.3% total return in 2013. 

The IPD South Africa Annual Property Index pinpoints warning signs about where the most risk is in the market, and highlights market leading performance in different regions, sectors and property types.

In 2014, as was the case in 2013, the fortunes of the South African property markets will once again be inextricably linked with the country's economy and other markets,which means that, in the interim, local property will not enjoy the same uptick that's becoming apparent in some global property sectors.