The number of companies included in the compilation of the CRMS index, that reported weaker market values for the month, increased to 59 percent from 45 percent in November 2022. This includes 13 companies out of a total of 22. Some of the companies that reported more robust losses during the month include Murray &…
Retail trade sales in hardware, paint and glass fell for the 14th consecutive month in August 2022, down 9.4 percent y-y in real terms, against an overall increase of 2 percent in total retail trade sales.
The CRMS index increased by 5.7 percent m-m in October 2022, supported largely by an increase in the overall market cap values of property funds. The contractors, retailers and suppliers indices reported overall losses for the month. However October was a little better than September, as a lower 55 percent of the companies included in…
The total number of SQM approved for private sector building construction increased by 11.3 percent y-y in June 2022, as an increase in approvals for housing in Gauteng and Western Cape was offset by a contraction across all three sub-segments in the non-residential market.
Retail trade sales of hardware, paint and glass fell by 6 percent m-m (constant prices) in March and was down by 12.4 percent on a year on year basis. Overall it was a weaker first quarter down 10 percent y-y to R22.1bn. Trade sales in the construction market underperformed the overall market, as total retail…
Actual capital expenditure by metropolitan areas on infrastructure related items, such as housing, roads, water and energy fell by 5 percent y-y in September 2021, despite an 11 percent increase in budgetary allocations for the 2021/22 period to R24.8bn. Metro’s managed to spend only 75 percent of their “construction related capital expenditure budgets” in the…
Private sector building approvals weakened during May 2026, with…
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