Thursday, April 10, 2008

JSE property index hit by global woes

GLOBAL market woes and local interest and inflation rate uncertainty continue to dampen the listed property sector, with the South African listed property index recording a negative total return of - 4 % last month writes Nick Wilson.

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My Rosebank - if you're wondering what the good news is, well, this is it (and only for some). With prices of food and fuel and electricity going up, suburbia is in less demand as a project (more expensive to get to, more expensive to pay off). This follows a trend that is well underway in the US, and recently underway in the UK.

For the first time recently I heard the words: 'global recession'. You'll be hearing them more often, and bankers will still be in a fugue about what's causing it. Those traffic jams to petrol stations on the eve of fuel price hikes are a clue. Traffic jams in general are too. I hope you live close to work.

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