Standard Bank staff are getting ready to move into their new Rosebank offices, which have received a five-star rating for 'green' design from the Green Building Council of SA.

Rentals are projected to remain flat in the next 12 months as the overall demand in the Johannesburg area is relatively weak with minimal rental growth expected in the prime office buildings. Despite this, it is anticipated that this node will continue to perform well due to its prime corporate address and good quality office buildings. 

Judging by the number of recent investments made into Rosebank's hotel market, something has to be said for its growing appeal as a business and tourist stop-over

Looking at the Rosebank skyline one gets used to seeing cranes. As one comes down so another pops up. Although many observers are sitting up and taking notice of Rosebank as an area under redevelopment, locals will tell you how refurbishments, acquisitions and new buildings have been rumbling on for some time now

In terms of the Consumer Protection Act it is very important for a seller of a house to make sure he is covered effectively and for the agent to make sure that everything has been disclosed.  A good agent will communicate all the relevant information pertaining to a property to the prospective purchaser.

Hyprop Investments and Redefine Properties, shared owners of South Coast shopping mall, have opted to auction the property in a bid to focus on more 'core' assets.

Listed property may well be beating general equities in the total return stakes for the year to date, but the August reporting season reveals a widening performance gap among the JSE’s 20-odd property counters.

Loan stock company Hospitality Property Fund yesterday reported a disappointing set of results for the year ended June, blaming an embattled hotel market, which is reeling from a weak economy

Old Mutual Property would raise the value of property assets under management by up to R9bn over the next five years.

It was once an illiquid sector strictly for insiders, but now real estate has become a much more tradable sector and contains top property assets in SA.