Aengus Investment Properties expands internationally as emerging market student accommodation attracts investors' attention.

Aengus Investment Properties (AIP) is set to transform Port Elizabeth Central into a thriving mixed-use property node with the launch of its Oh!41 creative hub at Havelock Square in October

If being accepted at university is like gold dust, suitable, affordable accommodation is like striking a gold mine

shortage of student accommodation at universities and tertiary institutions has led to some universities outsourcing their accommodation to private developers and building managers

Almost 2 000 attractive student accommodation opportunities are set to come onto the market in downtown Joburg - close to the two major universities – in time for the 2012 academic year

A new breed of first-time buyers looking for trendy, loft-style living and a more affordable entry into the housing market are turning to Jo’burg’s inner city.

While South Africa’s property prices continue to decline with people still feeling the pinch, first-time buyers are snapping up trendy homes in affordable areas.

Finally, getting your degree or diploma doesn’t mean you’ll have to put up with years of living in “sardine communes” and sharing amenities in sub-standard conditions. “Slumming it” can officially leave your vocabulary

In what is believed to be one the biggest private equity deal within the affordable housing sector, property finance company International Housing Solutions (IHS) has invested in excess of R230 million in Aengus Lifestyle Properties

Inner city property developer Aengus Lifestyle Properties has begun converting the historic YMCA building in Bramfontein into its biggest mixed-use development to date.