Echo Polska Properties (EPP), in which South Africa’s Redefine Properties (JSE: RDF) holds a strategic 49.9% investment, lists on the JSE in September during a particularly exciting time for real estate in Poland.

Echo Polska Properties (EPP), which lists on the JSE in September following a listing on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) in August, remains excited about the prospects for the Polish real estate market despite the current volatility in Europe and other markets around the world.

Some may perceive the Commercial Property Sector not to have “boomed” to the extent of the Residential Sector over the past 2 decades, with the Residential Market having experienced an extreme price growth boom prior to 2008.

Rebosis Property Fund is positioning itself for a rerating, which will attract larger investors and enable the company to join global indices.

Tower Property Fund grows its distributable earnings by 61% to R221m in the year to May.

Resilient increases total distributions for its financial year by 25.1%, thanks to the effects of capital raising, a solid performance from its property portfolio and a weaker rand.

Properties grows its earnings per share 10% in the six months to June, despite concerns over the strength of the British consumer and downward pressure on UK property prices.

Some developers are shifting their focus to small and convenience shopping centres.

The weaker economic outlook continues to add pressure on office rentals, but JSE-listed diversified real estate investment trust Redefine Properties (JSE: RDF) says a well located office block with the right offering "should let".

The real estate and investment industry are also concerned with Brexit and the question behind it: What does the future of Europe look like with national barriers?