28 novembre 2008

"IPD today released the results for the first ever SAPOA / IPD South Africa Biannual Property Indicator, based on capital growth and income receivable recorded for the six months January to June 2008. This series updates the SAPOA / IPD South Africa Annual Property Index which is released at the end of each calendar year. The June 2008 biannual indicator combines the full income, expenditure and valuation records of 11 property portfolios with a total capital value of R80bn, representing 60% of the annual IPD South Africa database. The results show an All Property total return of 7.3% for the six months to June 2008, led by the Industrial sector which returned 11.1%, followed by Offices at 8.1% and the Retail sector at 5.9%.

Although comparable numbers for the previous six months are not available, the total returns for the six month period are clearly well below the stellar returns seen in South African real estate markets in recent years, which delivered an All Property total return of more than 27% per annum in each of the last three consecutive
calendar years.

Reduced capital growth is the primary driver behind the tail-off in the recent record overall returns. Industrials posted a resilient 6.4% capital growth over the six month period under review, while the Office sector produced 3.7% and the Retail sector a mere 1.9%. Income return over the first half of the year, however, displayed a broadly consistent picture across the sectors with Industrials, Offices and Retail returning 4.5%, 4.3% and 3.9%, respectively. Overall, the All Property capital growth was just 3.1%, while the All Property income return was 4.1%.

Little separated the sectors in terms of income yield, with the Industrial yield remaining fairly stable at 8.4%, while Offices and Retails moved out to 8.2% and
.6%, respectively. Vacancy rates were unsurprisingly the lowest in the top performing sector, with Industrials at just 1.2%, followed by the Retail sector at 2.1%
and Offices at 5.9%. Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Our indices are the basis for the developing commercial property derivatives market, and the most authoritative measures of real estate returns worldwide. For further information visit www.ipd.com. The total value of the properties covered by the SAPOA / IPD South Africa Property Biannual Indicator was R80bn as at the end of June 2008" (CS dealla Società).