Managing Director, Golden Section Capital

Garreth Elston

Managing Director

Golden Section Equity Research

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<li>The South African listed property sector had another month of strong performance in November, driven by strong results and the SARB finally coming to the rate cutting party.</li>
<li>The South African listed property sector delivered a commanding performance, with the J803 All Property Index returning 7.82% for the month, pushing the year-to-date total return to a remarkable 30.58%.</li>
<li>The euphoria of cheaper debt must not blind us to the operational realities on the ground, where rental reversions in key sub-sectors remain stubbornly negative in certain areas.</li>
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The South African listed property sector had another month of strong performance in November, driven by strong results and the SARB finally coming to the rate cutting party.
The South African listed property sector delivered a commanding performance, with the J803 All Property Index returning 7.82% for the month, pushing the year-to-date total return to a remarkable 30.58%.
The euphoria of cheaper debt must not blind us to the operational realities on the ground, where rental reversions in key sub-sectors remain stubbornly negative in certain areas.


SA Listed Property Review - November 2025

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<li>The South African listed property sector extended its recovery through October, supported by stabilising inflation, a softer global rate backdrop, and renewed capital inflows into income-yielding assets.</li>
<li>The J803 All Property Index delivered an 8.13% total return for the month, bringing year-to-date gains to 21.11%</li>
<li>Sector breadth remains the strongest in over two years, with 26 of 40 counters posting positive returns.</li>
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The South African listed property sector extended its recovery through October, supported by stabilising inflation, a softer global rate backdrop, and renewed capital inflows into income-yielding assets.
The J803 All Property Index delivered an 8.13% total return for the month, bringing year-to-date gains to 21.11%
Sector breadth remains the strongest in over two years, with 26 of 40 counters posting positive returns.


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<li>September was a bumper month for economic data and listed property updates. The recent busy results season showed that the sector has weathered the high-rate and low-growth environment well.</li>
<li>Despite all the good news, the J803 index had its first down month in Q3, delivering a -1.00% drop, but the quarter was still positive at 5.45%.</li>
<li>Probability of an interest rate cut by the SARB at its next MPC meeting is at around 60%.</li>
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September was a bumper month for economic data and listed property updates. The recent busy results season showed that the sector has weathered the high-rate and low-growth environment well.
Despite all the good news, the J803 index had its first down month in Q3, delivering a -1.00% drop, but the quarter was still positive at 5.45%.
Probability of an interest rate cut by the SARB at its next MPC meeting is at around 60%.


SA Listed Property Review - September 2025

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<li>August marked another positive month for the SA Listed Property sector, with the SA All Property Index gaining 2.04% in total return terms.</li>
<li>The primary catalyst for this positive performance was the South African Reserve Bank's (SARB) decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points at the end of July.</li>
<li>The sector delivered good results from reporting companies, and guidance increases from several companies too (OCT, NRP, PPR, RES).</li>
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August marked another positive month for the SA Listed Property sector, with the SA All Property Index gaining 2.04% in total return terms.
The primary catalyst for this positive performance was the South African Reserve Bank's (SARB) decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points at the end of July.
The sector delivered good results from reporting companies, and guidance increases from several companies too (OCT, NRP, PPR, RES).


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<li>The SA All Property Index experienced a sharp initial decline precipitated by the US tariff announcements, but staged a strong recovery following a partial pause in tariff implementation. </li>
<li>Global REITs were up +1.25% for the month, but US REITs ended the month down -2.23%.</li>
<li>Despite global turbulence South African property companies demonstrated resilience. Ultimately ending the month firmly in positive territory up +6.54%, pulling the Index back into positivity for the year (YTD +2.15%). </li>
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The SA All Property Index experienced a sharp initial decline precipitated by the US tariff announcements, but staged a strong recovery following a partial pause in tariff implementation. 
Global REITs were up +1.25% for the month, but US REITs ended the month down -2.23%.
Despite global turbulence South African property companies demonstrated resilience. Ultimately ending the month firmly in positive territory up +6.54%, pulling the Index back into positivity for the year (YTD +2.15%). 


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The South African listed property sector rebounded in October with strong returns and increased investor interest in income-yielding assets.

September saw strong economic data and positive property updates, despite a slight dip in the J803 index. Interest rate cut likely at next SARB...

SA Listed Property sector saw a positive month in August (up 2.04%), driven by SARB rate cut and strong company performance. The sector has now...

SA property index initially dropped due to US tariffs, but rebounded after paused. Global REITs up for the month, US REITs were down. SA property...