New report overviews increased competitiveness of economy, FDI and REITS contribution to boosting real estate growth.
A technical recession and low investor confidence has produced a seven-year investment low in the commercial property market.
The Middle East is weak. Europe, Hong Kong, Macau and Canada continue to experience strong price rises. But China, Russia, Japan, and most of the Middle East are experiencing either house price falls - or a sharp deceleration of house price rises
Eskom Chairman Jabu Mabuza will join global and local business influencers at the SA REIT Conference 2018 in Sandton Central next month.
David Atkins, Chief Executive of Hammerson, said: “In recent years we have actively rebalanced the weighting of our portfolio towards high footfall destinations in major cities across the UK and Europe and this has underpinned our strong financial success at a time of on-going structural change in retail.
Accelerate Property Fund, the JSE listed REIT with significant exposure in the dynamic Fourways node in Johannesburg.
Cities could tackle the global problem of rising levels of waste and depleted resources by using organic waste, such as bananas, potatoes and maize as building materials, Arup predicts.
A two-speed cycle appears to have evolved in emerging economies with some racing ahead and others lagging behind.

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