In2assets Blog: Commercial property trends

It would be difficult to picture Umhlanga as anything other than the bustling upmarket residential, holiday and business paradise that we have come to know, and love says Luke Hearn from In2assets the well-known national commercial & industrial property practitioners. 

A number of factors are reshaping the industrial property industry as we know it today, creating a little uncertainty.

While the market investor approach is the tried and tested one that many of us use, there has never been a better time to ditch that approach and become a value investor in commercial and industrial property instead.

Ultimately, as the owner of commercial property, your aim is to make money. However, this won’t happen if you are experiencing frequent vacancies within your property and this also makes it difficult when the time comes to sell your commercial property.

Property has always been considered a sound investment in South Africa because whether the market weakens or trends change, these values will always recover again in time.