Investec Property Group is being showered with praise for moving its external management of Growthpoint into the listed property fund

Ask any analysts or fund manager if there are any cheap steals left in the listed property sector and the unanimous answer is "no". After all, the sector is trading at an average 56% premium to net asset value.

Acucap announced the deal this week for proposed acquisition of a blue chip

Strong property fundamentals and continuing corporate activity are driving the strong performance of the South African listed property sector, according to Catalyst Fund Managers.

Octodec and Premium have over the past few years consistently managed to outperform other listed property loan stocks (PLSs) and property unit trusts (PUTs)

The strong up-tick in demand for listed property stock in recent months has surprised even the most bullish of industry commentators

Government-owned pension fund manager Public Investment Corporation (PIC) is expected to shake things up a tad in the listed property sector following its surprise takeover bid for Cape-based loan stock company CBS Property Portfolio

Listed property unit trust SA Corporate Real Estate Fund has come a long way in terms of market position from its previous incarnation as Martprop Property Fund.

Big challenge is to find suitable properties

Some companies are distributing trading profits and others non recurring items to their unit holders