Property Flash week in review: Big deals, bigger ambitions and a green agenda moving from talk to action
October 23 2026 16:20 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Capital is on the move. A UK healthcare landlord with a JSE listing brought in a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund. A Western Cape Reit spent R1.4bn on new property. A veteran financier handed over listed shares worth more than R200m to transform part of Braamfontein. Beneath the deal-making […]
InTouch beats the FIC’s own sanctions alert by almost 10 hours
October 22 2026 17:53 A South African compliance platform had re-screened its clients’ entire books against Friday’s UN sanctions amendments at 06:02. The regulator’s update email followed at 15:52. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA On Friday, 16 October 2026, accountable institutions using InTouch’s Continuous TFS Screening started their working day with their entire client base already re-screened […]
Spear Reit’s acquisition spree lifts its Western Cape portfolio to R8.8bn
October 22 2026 17:10 WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA JSE-listed Spear Reit, the only real estate investment trust (Reit) on the JSE that invests only in the Western Cape, has delivered another set of guidance-beating results. It has also raised its forecast for the full year. On Thursday the group reported distributable income per share (DIPS) […]
Blue Route Mall achieves Net Zero Waste Level 2 certification
October 22 2016 17:00 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Redefine Properties’ Blue Route Mall in Tokai, Cape Town has been awarded Net Zero Waste Level 2 certification by the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA). The certification recognises the shopping centre’s progress in improving waste management practices and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. […]
Vered Estates and MortgageMarket launch Red Property Finance to take the pain out of getting a home loan
October 21 2026 17:45 Jonathan Novick, CEO of Vered Estates and Timothy Akinnusi, CEO of MortgageMarket Residential estate agency Vered Estates and fintech mortgage originator MortgageMarket have formed a strategic partnership to make it simpler, faster and safer for South Africans to finance a home. The partnership launches Red Property Finance, a technology-driven home loan […]
Green Building Convention 2026: GBCSA puts the business case front and centre as the globe faces challenges
October 20 2026 10:10 The Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) Green Building Convention 2026 takes place from 27–29 October 2026 at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town More than 800 property and sustainability leaders will head to Cape Town next week for the Green Building Council South Africa’s 19th annual convention, the […]
SA REITs gain 1.6% in September as distribution growth climbs to 11.09% while the equity market falls 5.8%
October 2 2026 14:00 DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA Sector moves back in front for the year to date on its heaviest trading volumes since March, with income growth at its strongest in almost a decade, although guidance points to slower growth in 2027 South African real estate investment trusts (Reits) gained 1.6% in September 2026, moving […]
Chris Seabrooke’s R204m Sabvest share gift to fuel Wits’ R341m Braamfontein cultural precinct
October 19 2026 13:35 Picture supplied by the University of the Witwatersrand Sabvest Capital CEO Chris Seabrooke has made one of the largest private gifts to a South African university in history, handing over JSE-listed shares worth about R204.4m to fund a new arts and culture precinct at Wits University in Braamfontein. The gift, from […]
Calgro M3 holds margins firm as non-core sell-off gathers pace and Memorial Parks keep growing
October 19 2026 11:45 Calgro M3 memorial park, picture supplied GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA JSE-listed Calgro M3 has kept its profitability steady in a tough market for affordable housing, while pushing ahead with the sale of non-core assets and laying the groundwork for its flagship Bankenveld District City project in Johannesburg. This is according to the […]
PHP sells half its private hospitals to Singapore’s GIC in £700m deal to cut debt
October 19 2026 10:18 Primary Health Properties (PHP), the UK healthcare REIT with a secondary listing on the JSE, has struck a deal with a Singapore sovereign wealth fund that will cut its debt sharply after last year’s takeover of Assura. PHP has entered into a conditional agreement to establish a 50:50 joint venture with […]