THE UK Department of International Development (DFID) on Friday announced a £21.5 million grant to the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF), which seeks to contribute to increased capacities of vulnerable rural communities to withstand shocks and stresses, ultimately leading to a reduced need for humanitarian responses and an…

THE High Court has absolved leading real estate firm, Guest & Tanner Real Estate, of negligence in a case in which a Harare woman lost $47 000 in a fraudulent property sale. (more…)

ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed property firm, Zimre Property Investments (ZPI), will tomorrow commission a $13 million shopping mall in Victoria Falls, as investors stampede to the resort town after its recent major airport expansion. (more…)

A BAN on offshore payments for property sales affected the property market last year, and could have a bearing on property sales during the current year. A report by the Real Estate Institute of Zimbabwe (REIZ) revealed that 2017 ended on a bad note for the sector as…

POLITICAL changes in the country are expected to bring better fortunes to Zimbabwe’s property sector, which has for years been characterised by depressed sales, falling rental rates and massive vacancies, a report by the Real Estate Institute of Zimbabwe (REIZ) says. (more…)

THE recent disaster that befell the Steinhoff share price is a prime example of the risks of investing your hard-earned money in shares. Imagine the horror of waking up to discover your investment is worth less than half of what it was the day before.  (more…)

WHAT are the main issues that affect property prices in South Africa? (more…)

THE Harare-Bulawayo highway dualisation project has resumed after it ended at Norton four years ago, The Financial Gazette can report. The dualisation is part of a project linking Plumtree and Mutare. (more…)

THE resuscitation of the property market can be achieved through sector specific solutions which respond to market needs, the Real Estate Institute of Zimbabwe (REIZ) has said. (more…)