Residential property market predictions in 2013 according to Real Estate professionals Lew Geffen and Jan Davel.

Twelve consecutive months of negative capital movement in the UK means property values, at the headline level, have fallen by a cumulative -3.5 percent since November 2011, according to the IPD UK Monthly Property Index

The IPD Botswana Property Performance Report for the year to December 2011 produced a total return of 20.9%. This figure represents the ungeared total return to directly held standing property investments from one open market valuation to the next.

Savvy property investors and parents of some of South Africa’s top university students are spearheading a mini property boom in one of Cape Town’s most established suburbs, in the wake of a shortage of affordable top-end accommodation in the city’s leafy Southern Suburbs.

Having rapidly become entrenched at the forefront of the property market in the Plattekloof area since being launched in 2009, Prima Estates, under the leadership of Lani De Lima, has joined Pam Golding Properties.

The banks’ valuations often reflect the way in which their client is rated by their criteria rather than the true market value of the property. This can have many negative implications for both buyers and sellers...

RMB Westport recently raised US$250-million for its Real Estate Development Fund aimed at developing real estate assets in west Africa.

Following the recent announcement by the Investec Property Fund (“IPF”) of new acquisitions totaling R1.9 billion and the intention to finance these acquisitions through the issue of new IPF units, the recent declaration announcement confirms IPF’s plans to take advantage of the strong equity markets and demand for its share with a R1.5 billion rights offer

Joining Atterbury Group’s African expansion, Hyprop Investments Limited has entered an agreement as a co-investor in Mauritian-based property investment company, Atterbury Africa Limited

A recent FNB Property Barometer Survey of Estate Agents from John Loos reports a sign of improved confidence in the African economy, with an estimated 20% of foreign investment into SA real estate coming from Africa