Joan Muller
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Inside SA’s R20m-plus trophy homes
Temperature-controlled wine cellars, private elevators, cinemas, glass-walled garages and automated ‘pods’ for easy vehicle access ... these are just some of the must-haves in the country’s ultra-high end housing market → Read More
Municipalities suck Reits dry
Listed landlords are easy prey for mismanaged local governments → Read More
A property pick for growth-starved punters
Shoppers and tenants return to Eastern European malls with a vengeance, pushing operating income to record highs → Read More
Time to get back into Equites?
The Reit looks well positioned to capitalise on demand-led growth opportunities → Read More
How to live without Eskom
South Africa, it seems, can’t live without the albatross that is our national power utility. But in your home, how close can you get to going off-grid? The FM looks at how to do it, and how to fund it → Read More
It’s the cash flow, stupid
Not the sexiest property stock on the block but Emira consistently tops the dividend growth charts → Read More
The cost of keeping SA Inc’s lights on
The electricity crisis is forcing Reits to spend millions helping shops, offices and factories avert business disruptions → Read More
Can Melville regain its mojo?
Residents are rallying together in a bid to rescue one of Joburg’s oldest suburbs from a brutal post-Covid decline → Read More
Gidon Novick: Making old folks feel at home
Aviation veteran Gidon Novick gets his senior living idea off the ground → Read More
Is it time to ditch Fortress?
Shareholders left between a rock and a hard place after a final failed attempt to salvage the company’s Reit status → Read More
Will 2023 be the year for Reits?
Analysts are fairly upbeat about the sector’s prospects as interest rates and inflation start to peak → Read More
The great semigration: Should you join the exodus?
The Western Cape is stealing Gauteng’s lunch as the pace of semigration to the coastal province accelerates. At this rate it will overtake Gauteng’s GDP per capita by 2040, if not earlier → Read More
Where to buy: South Africa’s top suburbs
Changing home-buying patterns have propelled a few unusual suspects to pole position in the capital growth and best suburb stakes → Read More
Buying a second home? Here’s where to get bang for your buck
The rise of ‘co-primary’ living is driving a trek to coast and countryside, transforming once-sleepy holiday towns into thriving hotspots → Read More
The return of the trophy home
As South Africans of modest means feel the pinch of the rising cost of living, foreign and local buyers have returned to the country’s high-end property market with a bang → Read More
Township malls sitting pretty
Centres selling essentials to lower-income shoppers appear less vulnerable than urban counterparts that cater to the well-heeled → Read More
Stor-Age: Reliable cash cow, anyone?
Self-storage operator Stor-Age isn't as cheap as many fellow Reits but it continues to impress on the dividend growth front → Read More
Rise of the ‘staycation’
As cost-of-living increases and high interest rates bite, many holidaymakers have chosen to stay at home this year − yet landlords are not budging on short-term rental rates → Read More
Redefine: cheapest Reiton the JSE?
Still on everyone’s buy lists, analysts reckon Redefine’s ripe for a market rerating → Read More
Living off the grid in a Joburg suburb
True to its name, Vleihuis will have its own wetland to help meet its net-zero power and water goals → Read More