The commercial property sector is set to improve once Covid-19 restrictions are eased and the South African economy has navigated its way through the harshest of the pandemic's impact. The office market has been heavily impacted on, compared to other property sectors; however, the full impact can be understood only once there has been a round of lease renewals over the next 12 to 18 months.

Although the hospitality industry has also been severely impacted by the pandemic, it is difficult to assess the current impact on commercial real estate because of limited data, which, in turn, is limited, owing to a relatively low number of transactions. However, it is expected that the commercial property sector, including the office market and hospitality industry, will improve.

The prime office markets, in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape, have suffered from a sharp supply-demand imbalance, widening vacancy rates and decreasing rents over the past year.

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