Blog categorized as State of the Property Market

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rental growth not too shabby. Industrial rentals in Durban showing strong growth. An improvement in building activity, but still below recent historic highs...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: A few pockets of decent growth in office rentals. Support pillars of the industrial property market are shaky. House-price growth expected to lose some of its steam...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Mediocre growth in office market rentals. Industrial rental recovery relies on a healthy manufacturing and retail sector. Drivers of house prices showing no vigour...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Weak office demand continues to hamper rentals. Poorly performing manufacturing sector posing the biggest threat to industrial rentals. House prices showing strong growth, but risk to outlook persists...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Listed property funds report impressive growth in distributions. No vitality in the office rental market. Growth in industrial rentals heating up, but we’re not out of the woods yet...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Manufacturing woes a hurdle to industrial rentals. Building industry still pessimistic but hanging in there. Cons outweigh pros in the housing market. Office rentals are stalling...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Capitalization rates going nowhere slowly. Firming yields driving listed property prices higher. Office rentals struggling...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Sentiment of property investors improves ever so slightly. Drivers of office demand losing their oomph. Office rentals contract

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Sandton office market booming. Guarantee Fund a boon for prices in the affordable market segment. Building-construction industry experiences stagflation...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Real office rentals stutter. Business cycle indicators losing vigour, bringing with them implications for property fundamentals. Houses overvalued by 25%...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Poor office demand a damper on rental growth. Indicators flash health warning about health of industrial property. Weak mortgage lending restrains house-price movements...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rentals starting the year off with a bang. Rental recovery bodes well for capitalization rates. Flat rentals outperforming house and townhouse rentals...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office and industrial cap rates reflect renewed optimism. Industrial rentals end 2010 on a better note. Houses should not expect further help from the Reserve Bank...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Office rentals show some growth amidst headwinds. Weakness in manufacturing not good news for industrial property. House prices doing a double dip...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Reprieve for office rentals in the form of steady vacancy rates. Industrial rentals continue to slide. Growth in house prices losing its oomph...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: The business-cycle downswing is still weighing down on rents. The FIRE sector continues to shed jobs, putting pressure on office vacancies...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Opposing forces acting on capitalization rates. Cape Town and Johannesburg decentralized office rentals in the red. Demand prospects improving, but industrial rentals now contracting...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Cap rates moving sideways. Uptrend in office vacancies striking. Flat landlords under huge stress. Nominal house prices turning the corner...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Modest real-rental growth to hold back cap rates. Still fairly good office-rental growth, but decelerating trend picking up. Flat rentals flat-lining...

The following are significant findings or conclusions made in this issue of Rode’s Report: Are cap rates topping? Office market still in upswing. Industrial rental growth curbed to single digits. Tough times ahead for the affordable house market...