Absa 2025 MSCI South
Africa Property Index
Annual Results

MSCI South Africa Annual Real Estate Index Results 2025

MSCI Real Estate is a global leader in real estate investment tools, delivering critical business intelligence to institutional investors and real estate owners, managers and brokers worldwide. Absa Commercial Property Finance is again a proud sponsor of the 2025 MSCI South Africa Property Index Annual Results, which will unpack the total return performance of the South African commercial property sector for the period ending December 2025.

After a challenging few years, 2025 marked a notable shift, with South African real estate delivering strong returns. The REIT market has rallied meaningfully through last year, signalling renewed confidence and improved fundamentals. Against this backdrop, the MSCI Index continues to provide the most comprehensive view of unleveraged, direct property performance in South Africa — representing circa R400 billion in professionally managed real estate.

Meet the speakers

The live webinar presentation held on 21 April 2026 featured expert panellists who shared their insights, discussed the results, and provided their perspectives on the future of commercial property investment.

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Keillen Ndlovu

Independent Property Analyst

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Somaya Joshua

Managing Executive, Real Estate, Absa CIB

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Eileen Andrew

Vice President, MSCI Real Estate

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Jason McCormick

CEO, Exemplar REIT

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Mahir Hamdulay

Head, Financials and Property Equity Research, Absa CIB

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