The High St Auction Co has announced that its next property auction to be held on 5 October 2011 at Summer Place in Hyde Park at 12h00 will feature a host of inner city Johannesburg properties.

The enormous number of imponderables that are about to impact property investors means that to keep the asset performing at optimum levels, negotiation and compromise are the rule right now

Auction Alliance’s October auctions saw a number of quality lots taken to auction. One of the highlights was a fully tenanted, retail building on the corner of Carrington and Hatchard Street, Mafikeng.

An office building in the commercial hub of Woodmead / Rivonia is up for grabs.

When purchasing a commercial investment property, most people regard the initial yield in year 1 as the cap rate. That is fine as long as the market rentals and the contractual rentals are similar

South African property investors have to start investing in there rest of the continent because there are "major opportunities being overlooked", says Wayne van der Vent, head of property investments at the Public Investments Corporation.

Opportunity for South African investors, developers Property Reporter.

As previously stated, the value of a property can be derived by determining the present value of the future income stream. But which discount rate should be used to reduce a future value to a present value?

Simply compound your good fortunes.

Know basics before signing on dotted line.