International Housing Solutions (IHS), which launched a Southern Africa Workforce Housing Fund with R1,3-billion in overseas capital, has received R210-million additional investment from the Development Bank of SA

Nedbank Corporate Property Finance: Affordable Housing has approved a loan facility to a subsidiary within the Safrich Group of Companies to install services and infrastructure for the top structure construction of 775 homes in Soshanguve

“DEMAND for industrial-zoned properties is fuelled by developers and investors who are competing to satisfy growing tenant demand,” says William Amerseder of Alliance Group.

Over the past five years or so the development and rejuvenation successes of South Africa’s inner cities have been hotly debated. After Trevor Manuel’s 2002 announcement of the creation of Urban Development Zones, various cities started trying to clean up their act

JSE-quoted construction firm Basil Read on Wednesday signed a partnership agreement with State-owned financier National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) to develop low- to middle-income housing

RBA Holdings Limited (RBA) recently announced their maiden Annual Results, for the year period ending 31 December 2007, since listing on AltX in September 2007

Evidence that the construction sector is continuing to pump comes from mass housing contractor Sea Kay Holdings results for the first six months to end December which show that the company is well on target to meet its prospectus forecasts

Sales to foreign investors of free market properties can influence top end property prices, but have no effect on the affordable end of the market

A 5ha development stand in Honeydew was sold and confirmed for R30m, the highest price received at the Auction Alliance multi-property auction last Wednesday, when nine properties came under the hammer.

South Africa's first mixed-income housing development hits the market next month Small rental units to go alongside bigger houses.