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Vukile remains the retail Reit to beat
The mall owner is jostling for pole position as 2025’s top-performing property counter, after stronger than expected earnings growth propelled its share price to an all-time high last week
Reits roar back to life
After seven years of cutting costs and paying down debt, real estate investment trusts are on the up with higher earnings and improved investor sentiment. It's time for dealmaking again
SA Corporate Real Estate bets on the ’burbs
The Parks acquisition takes SA Corp’s housing portfolio to nearly 20,000 units (including about 4,300 student beds), and lifts its residential exposure to 49% of total assets
How Dipula became the JSE’s biggest money-spinner
The strategy of focusing on a domestic niche subsector rather than venturing offshore has been critical to the Reit’s outperformance
Redefine is tempting but there are issues
After a multiyear restructuring, Redefine has emerged with a much leaner structure, but concerns remain
George pips Clifton in big-ticket sales as swallows target trophy homes
The Garden Route town at the foot of the Outeniqua mountains is giving Cape Town’s super-wealthy Clifton a run for its money, setting a new benchmark for the area's property prices
Balwin builds momentum
But the resumption of dividend payments will depend on how the housing market reacts to rate movements and other macro events
Why foreign money is flowing into Cape wine farms
The rand’s weakness is one attraction, but overseas experts see great overall potential in the local industry
Vukile: Add Spain, all gain
The mall owner has hit the sweet spot, cashing in on Spain and Portugal’s vibrant shopping culture and South Africa’s essential-needs retail sector
The Reit rally still has legs
Property stocks are firmly back on investors’ radars, with sentiment supported by a string of upbeat results and trading updates






















