Analyst forecasts dividend growth from the sector to be a paltry 2% over the next year amid continuing adverse conditions
You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who would disagree that 2018 was the listed property sector’s annus horribilis.with its worst performance in more than two decades in 2018. The FTSE/JSE SA listed property index ended up losing 25.26% based on share price declines and dividends.
Even so, with economic growth sitting at an uninspiring 0.8% for 2018, and retailers delivering disappointing results recently, SA listed property is still in for a bumpy ride, at least in the short to medium term. At home, others sought to strengthen their position in the office property market by securing government leases, the idea being that having a sovereign tenant was as safe as proverbial houses. They also started investing more heavily in favour of retail property, which was considered to be relatively defensive.
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