{"id":28011,"date":"2026-03-17T05:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=28011"},"modified":"2026-03-17T05:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:45:40","slug":"sa-reits-a-world-beater-australias-peter-verwer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=28011","title":{"rendered":"SA Reits a \u2018world-beater\u2019 \u2013 Australia\u2019s Peter Verwer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.iono.fm\/e\/1656039?layout=modern\" width=\"100%\" height=\"170\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to\u00a0The Property Pod, South Africa\u2019s leading property investor podcast.<\/p>\n<p>On this weekly Moneyweb show, we get insider insights from leading executives, analysts, developers and entrepreneurs in the country\u2019s dynamic real estate sector.<\/p>\n<p>We are going global on this week\u2019s episode, in fact Down Under, with our first ever guest from Australia. Joining us on the podcast is Peter Verwer, the executive chair of AI-focused real estate advisory firm Futurefy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read\/listen:<br \/>South Africa \u2018stands out\u2019 for Growthpoint Properties<br \/>SA Corporate delivers 9% dividend growth, but provides no FY2026 guidance<br \/>Most commercial property finance activity \u2018in the unlisted private investor and developer space\u2019<br \/>The big JSE property stocks trading at premiums \u2026<br \/>Business backs Ramaphosa reforms but urges implementation<\/p>\n<p>Verwer was involved in the launch last year of the Global Reit Alliance, but is also well known in the Australian property scene having been CEO of the Asia Pacific Real Assets Association and long-time former CEO of the Property Council of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>He was a keynote speaker at the recent SA Reit Conference in Johannesburg in February. But a lot has changed since then, and the world has another war on its hands in the Middle East, which has rocked global markets and oil prices.<\/p>\n<p>Last month at the conference, Verwer described SA as a \u201cworld-beater\u201d in the real estate sector based on its total returns performance for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>While the Reit sector continued its growth to the end of February, listed property has fallen since the start of March and the Middle East conflict, in line with the JSE wiping out most of its gains since the start of the year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read\/listen:<br \/>JSE slides below 115 000 points amid Middle East oil shock<br \/>Over R2trn JSE wipeout<br \/>\u2018Incredible\u2019 performance for SA property stocks, but what will 2026 hold?<\/p>\n<p>What could it mean for real estate generally, both here in SA and also in Australia? Verwer shares his insights on The Property Pod.<\/p>\n<p><em>* You can listen to the full podcast above or download it from<\/em><em>\u00a0iono,\u00a0Spotify\u00a0or\u00a0Apple Podcasts.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For previous episodes of The Property Pod,\u00a0click\u00a0here.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Reits #worldbeater #Australias #Peter #Verwer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can also listen to this po&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[16019,3526,4721,16020,16018],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}