Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa April 2015 | Page 46

TRENDS

Owner-Occupier

Investment…
Continues to drive growth within
commercial property market.

BY BRETT WEBB

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outh Africa’s economic outlook this year is
expected to be less than favourable, but the
persistence of many business owners to continue
purchasing commercial properties at levels experienced
in 2012/2013 is a vote of confidence in the future of
our country’s commercial property market.
“Despite the downturn in the economy and
expectations that interest rates will increase further in
2015, Standard Bank clients are still buying property,
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