Fast-track your application and move into your own mountain view home much quicker
August 22 2026 14:00 The Mossel Bay Municipality has approved a rent-now, buy-later fast track — no home loan needed to move in with an Instalment Sale Agreement. 2-bedroom homes are now available in the Mountainview development Mossel Bay: qualify for the First Home Finance (FLISP) subsidy, rent from R 2 600 per month, and […]
Nepi Rockcastle becomes too big for Eastern Europe on its own
August 19 2026 10:40 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA NEPI Rockcastle, Europe’s third largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio value and the largest property group listed on the JSE may be too big for central and eastern Europe as it pursues opportunities in Spain for the first time. The group released financial for six months […]
Balwin shareholders approve PIC-backed buyout and delisting
August 18 2026 16:00 Steve Brookes, Balwin CEO and founder JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Shareholders of JSE-listed residential sectional title developer Balwin Properties overwhelmingly approved the scheme of arrangement that will see the company acquired by consortium entity Bidco, led by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), and then delisted from the main board of the JSE […]
First Multifamily Forum in API Summit’s 17-year history signals the sector’s arrival
August 18 2026 16:40 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA In South Africa, stabilised multifamily real estate portfolios are posting occupancies above 95%. Yet, across Africa, the upside offered by the surging asset class has barely been tapped by institutional investors. On 18 September at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the API Summit’s inaugural Multifamily Forum […]
Vukile opens R76.1m Nonesi Mall extension, strengthening Komani are
August 17 2026 22:00 Eastern Cape, South Africa Vukile Property Fund (JSE: VKE) has opened a R76.1m extension and refurbishment at Nonesi Mall in Komani, Eastern Cape. The fully pre-let expansion adds 3,100sqm of retail space, taking the centre’s gross lettable area to nearly 31,000sqm, and consolidates Nonesi Mall’s position as Komani’s leading shopping destination. […]
Smart money is buying where governance is broken but buildings aren’t
August 15 2026 11:30 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg’s commercial property market is being priced by postal code rather than by asset, according to new Gmaven research. Gmaven is a company behind one of Africa’s largest commercial property databases, and has compared more than 25 700 properties and over 1 500 high-value transactions made across Cape […]
Another Brick in the Wall – The REIT Report – Jackie van Niekerk – New Chairperson of SA REIT Association
August 15 2026 11:16 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA This is the latest episode of the fast growing podcast, Another Brick in the Wall. This is the twelfth episode of the first season of the REIT Report series which falls under our comprehensive real estate podcast. The REIT Report is brought to you by the SA REIT Association. In this […]
SAPOA Welcomes Richard Quest as MC for its 60th Annual Convention
August 14 2026 14:30 The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) has announced that international journalist, CNN International anchor andbusiness editor Richard Quest will serve as a speaker for the SAPOA 60th Annual Convention, strengthening the event’s reputation as among Africa’s leading commercial property events. “Recognised globally for his incisive business reporting, engaging interview style […]
Attacq CEO Jackie van Niekerk takes the chair of SA REIT Association as the sector moves from recovery to growth
August 12 2026 14:00 SANDTON, SOUTH AFRICA Jackie van Niekerk, CEO of Attacq, has taken over as chairperson of the South African Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) Association, succeeding Estienne de Klerk, Group Chief Executive Officer of Growthpoint Properties, with effect from the Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Johannesburg on July 20 2026. […]
Spear Reit to develop Mambos Storage & Home distribution centre
August 11 2026 14:30 Quintin Rossi (Spear Reit CEO), Santos Francesco (Mambos), Demetre Nikolopoulos (Mambos), James Bylos (Spear) CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Western Cape-focused and JSE-listed real estate investment trust Spear has concluded a long-term agreement with Mambos Storage & Home to develop the retailer’s flagship 7,150 m² distribution centre in Blackheath, Cape Town. Mambos […]