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Property Broker Survey –Market Balance Q2 2022

Brokers perceive that prior strengthening in demand-supply balance may have stalled in the 2nd quarter in the Office and Retail Markets, with only the Industrial Property Market still perceived to have strengthened.

FNB Commercial Property Broker Survey – 2nd Quarter 2022

Property Sales Activity Survey has begun to show some weakening in 2 of the 3 property classes, possibly the impact of rising interest rates feeding through.

April 2022 hotel revenues – still-strong year-on-year growth off a low 2020/early-2021 base, but still far weaker than pre-lockdown levels.

The StatsSA release of April 2022 preliminary monthly tourism statistics show the Hotel Sector still battling to fully recover from the harsh Covid-19-related lockdown shock back in 2020, with year-on-year growth still strong but slowing.

Retail Property Fundamentals– For consumers, higher indebtedness, weak interest income, and higher taxation offsets much of the benefit that interest rate reduction and low interest rate levels used to bring.

Aggressive Interest rate cutting doesn’t bring the same stimulus to consumer spending growth as it used to. Higher indebtedness these days, and low income on deposits, sees to that.

February 2022 hotel revenues – still-strong year-on-year growth off a low 2020/early-2021 base, but still far weaker than pre-lockdown levels.

The StatsSA release of February 2022 preliminary monthly tourism statistics show the Hotel Sector to be really battling to fully recover from the harsh Covid-19-related lockdown shock back in 2020. This is despite year-on-year growth appearing to be impressive.

1st Quarter FNB Broker Survey sees brokers as a group pointing towards declining vacancy rates in all 3 commercial property markets.

The FNB Commercial Property Broker Survey surveys a sample of commercial property brokers in and around the 6 major metros of South Africa, namely, City of Joburg and Ekurhuleni (Greater Johannesburg), Tshwane, eThekwini, City of Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay.

Property Insights – FNB Commercial Property Broker Survey – 1st Quarter 2022 broker near term sales activity expectations strengthen noticeably in all 3 Commercial Property classes.

The FNB Commercial Property Broker Survey surveys a sample of commercial property brokers in and around the 6 major metros of South Africa, namely, City of Joburg and Ekurhuleni (Greater Johannesburg), Tshwane, eThekwini, City of Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay.

New Mortgage Lending data for the final quarter of 2021 showed mild year-on-year decline in the value of new mortgage loans granted, as a lack of new interest rate stimulus began to have an influence.

4th Quarter 2021 SARB New Mortgage Lending data, released in the March 2022 SARB Quarterly Bulletin, confirmed the sharp deceleration in growth from 2 quarters prior, and the onset of mild year-on-year decline in the value of new mortgage loans granted.

Property Broker Survey –Market Balance Q1 2022 – Brokers perceive that oversupplies in the 3 major commercial property buying/selling markets have been diminishing, with the Industrial Market possibly reaching demand-supply balance.

We continue with the 1st quarter 2022 results of our FNB Commercial Property Broker Survey, which surveys a sample of commercial property brokers in and around the 6 major metros of South Africa, namely, City of Joburg and Ekurhuleni (Greater Johannesburg), Tshwane, eThekwini, City of Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay

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