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The Property Pod

Hosted by Moneyweb's deputy editor Suren Naidoo, The Property Pod is South Africa's premier property investor podcast, with insights from industry executives. This podcast offers in-depth coverage of the South African property industry. The sectors covered include the commercial (office, retail and industrial/logistics) residential, and specialist sectors such as storage and healthcare. Each episode will cover industry developments, sector performance, trends as well as new policies/ laws affecting the sector from both local government and national government level. This podcast is published weekly.
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136 Episodes
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Afrirent on big real estate expansion with R1.3bn Cape Town ICC hotel

Senzo Tsabedze shares his inspiring journey from humble beginnings in Mpumalanga to leading Afrirent Holdings, a rising property group that has just secured the prime lease from City of Cape Town to develop a six-star hotel and mixed-use tower next to one of SA’s busiest convention centres.
25 Nov 14 min

Affordable housing: Addressing the large demand/supply gap

‘Private and public sector collaboration is important, and we are looking to hopefully see more of that in the coming years,’ says Vanessa Murray, divisional executive for property finance at Nedbank CIB, following the recent 16th annual IHS Affordable Housing Conference in Johannesburg.
18 Nov 18 min

Residential property investor interest wanes

Hayley Ivins Downes, managing executive for real estate at Lightstone, shares insights from a recent report on buy-to-let investor activity in the SA market, and expectations into 2025.
11 Nov 16 min

Why the Deeds Office matters …

Kirsty de Sousa of law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc highlights the essential intricacies and need-to-knows of secure property registration at the Deeds Office.
22 Oct 18 min

Reits rally: Sector back above R400bn mark

For the first time in years, following a bullish performance in September and for the third quarter. Garreth Elston, managing director of Golden Section Capital, shares insights on the sector being the top-performing asset class this year.
8 Oct 21 min

Housing finance friction

Sentinel Homes CEO Renier Kriek weighs in on recent comments by Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi on government looking at possibly changing the law to force banks to explain home loan rejections related to people from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.
1 Oct 18 min

Tourism optimism lifts Southern Sun to a record high

CEO Marcel von Aulock says the share price hit its highest point last week since the group listed separately in 2019. He believes it's largely due to optimism around SA's new government of national unity, and shares insights on expansion plans for Cape Town and Umhlanga, challenges in Durban, and…
17 Sep 23 min

The dynamo leading the changing property landscape in Sibaya

Pam Naidu, director of sales and marketing at Durban-based Devmco Group, talks about the growth of the company, which is now playing a key role in the development of the multi-billion rand Sibaya Coastal Precinct in KZN, and is also looking to expand into the Western Cape. >>>>
20 Aug 13 min

Jess Moyer continues to make her mark in African real estate

‘If you can ... pick a topic that not only interests you but also has future relevance, it's really going to open doors for you,’ counsels passionate cyclist, multi-skilled engineer, property expert, lifelong student, and newly appointed director for strategy and research at Cushman & Wakefield Broll.
13 Aug 14 min

A peek into the Romanian property market

‘I see a lot of South African investors who were very successful in Romania and around CEE, so I was thinking this is a good idea to raise awareness about our company and also more awareness about Romania,’ says Victor Căpitanu, co-CEO and co-founder of Bucharest-based One United Properties.
30 Jul 11 min

IFC in R4.5bn climate-smart housing rebate scheme with Absa

‘The IFC has never previously partnered with a bank on green finance beyond commercial properties. It's the first time we have the support for end-user finance, or simplistically for the customer opting to purchase an eco-friendly property’ – Kamini Ramsamy, head of credit at Absa Home Loans.
16 Jul 13 min
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