If the thousands upon thousands of words penned in recent months about general sentiment in the South African property sector could be summarised in just a single one, the winner by a country mile would be …
According to Joff van Reenen, lead auctioneer and director of High Street Auctions, investor demand for solidly performing neighbourhood and community retail centres continues to outstrip auction supply; a trend unlikely to change in the medium term.
He says …
Samantha Bartlett
South Africa’s extended sojourn in the economic doldrums has created a miasma of despondency across the nation over the past year, and it’s knocked the stuffing out of much of the real estate industry.
One sector continues to …
Property Review visited High Street Auctions and chatted to Joff van Reenen, a Director, founding partner and Lead Auctioneer, and to James Dall, Joint Managing Director and Founding Partner, about their high-profile successes in the fast world of virtual, multi-property …
The value of commercial and industrial property in cities that are securely entrenched in their national economies by clearly defined and pervasive primary functions is likely to show more resilience in challenging economic conditions.
This according to James Dall, Joint …
Industrial property appears to be continuing the upward curve that started in 2016 when the sector’s performance overtook that of traditional market leader, retail, in delivering the highest returns for investors.
This according to Lead Auctioneer and Director of The …
In the 20th century the concept of “green building” was a members-only club dominated by Birkenstock-wearing tree-huggers and environmental activists. But influencers of global warming at the beginning of the noughties rapidly engaged prosperous early adopters, who have in turn …
There’s no such thing as an inexpensive property investment mistake, says Lance Chalwin-Milton, joint MD of specialist property auction house The High Street Auction Co, but some markets are more equal than others, and in the South African commercial …
Prime real estate worth hundreds of millions of rands went under the hammer at the end of June in the largest auction measured on sale lot volume ever conducted by South Africa’s leading specialist property auctioneers, The High Street Auction …