Blog categorized as State of the Property Market

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Listed property recovery still has long way to go. Office rentals struggling to keep pace with inflation. Industrial rentals continue to shine. House prices slowing further. Cap rates edge up...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Industrial rentals still strong. Office rentals subdued. Companies struggling, but some buck the trend. Cap rates worsen slightly. House prices remain weak...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Listed property companies under the cosh. Office rentals weaken. Industrial rentals shine. House prices disappoint. Cap rates mostly unchanged...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rentals pick up as Cape Town shines. Flat rental performance mixed. Industrial rentals pick up steam. Cap rates turn a corner. Listed property companies still under pressure...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rentals disappoint again. Industrial rentals shine. Flat rentals surprises on the upside. Continued declines in non-residential building activity...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rentals waiting for Godot. Flat rentals in Cape Town hit affordability ceiling. Nationally, still-modest house-price growth. Listed property prices amazingly steady...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: No vigour in the office rental market. Contractions in spending on durables do not augur well for the manufacturing sector – a support pillar of the industrial property market...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Cape Town office rentals showing the strongest growth. Subdued business sentiment keeps industrial rentals at bay. Modest growth in flat rentals...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rental growth takes a breather as drivers underperform. Industrial rentals unable to outperform inflation...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rental performance not too shabby, thanks to a services sector that hasn’t collapsed. Signs of continued weakness in manufacturing, a bad omen for rentals...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Johannesburg decentralized office rentals are resilient. Manufacturing recovers, but still not out of the woods. Smaller houses showing the strongest growth in prices...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Vitality in some Johannesburg suburban offices nodes. Slump in spending on durables does not augur well for manufacturing sector. Drivers of house prices showing no vigour

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Tighter credit standards will further dampen the outlook for the housing market. Low business sentiment undermining prospects for industrial-rental growth. Cape Town office rentals playing catch up...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Modest growth in office rentals continues. Manufacturing output grows, but sector still far from being out of the woods. More heavy blows expected on the housing market front...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Claremont having a good run. The business cycle indicator’s loss of momentum does not bode well for industrial property...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rentals feeling the pinch. Industrial property’s support pillars remain fragile. Growth in house prices slowly losing its momentum...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rentals in Sandton shrink. Underperforming manufacturing sector continues to place a damper on the growth of industrial rentals. Growth in flat rentals gaining some momentum...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rental growth decelerates in tandem with rising vacancy rates. House prices are buoyed by a softening in bank lending policies. Declining flat vacancies should bode well for rentals...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: How Pretoria’s office rentals caught up with the rest. Manufacturing sector’s underperformance does not bode well for industrial rentals. Smaller houses showing the strongest growth...

Restrained growth in office rentals. Still no magic on the residential rental front. House-price growth moving sideways...