At the moment the sector is doing extremely well from a fundamental on the ground nuts and bolts kind of view
The property loan stock index of the JSE trades up to 1,360 points around a week ago, but closes having sunk to around the 1,260 level today on higher than expected inflation data and raised expectations of a rate hike.
One camp on the listed property sector of the JSE says it’s come up too far and too fast, that this small sell-off is just the start of more to come - but another camp is saying the sector is now undervalued. With Edwin Schultz from Coronation Fund Managers in Cape Town
Classic Business Day gets Angelique de Rauville from Investec on the line - to find out what effect the SA Reserve Bank’s 0.5% interest rate hike is having on the listed property sector
Classic Business Day gets Andre Stadler from the Catalyst Property Equity Fund in Cape Town on the line for an overview of the property sector
As the South African economy booms a managerial skills shortage is becoming apparent in the retail and commercial property market. With Professor Chris Cloete from the University of Pretoria, head of training and development at the South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa)
Securitisation emerges as a trend in the listed property sector of the JSE in 2005. Classic Business Day gets Nick Job, head of debt capital markets at Investec Bank, on the line to explain exactly how it works
Property gets a general "hold" recommendation - rather than a "buy" or "sell" recommendation - from senior Absa treasury economist Chris Hart
CBS Property Portfolio Limited announces that it will list on the JSE on Wednesday 2 November 2005. CBS executive director Gary Fisher is at the Classic Business Day studio with Lindsay Williams
The listed property sector of the JSE continues to lure investors with higher than average returns. Classic Business Day speaks to Provest Fund Managers chief executive Angelique de Rauville, and Business Day property correspondent Nick Wilson about the emerging trend towards specialisation
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