INVESTOR INTELLIGENCE
Taking
Property Economics to a new level – Erwin Rode
Can the new economy spur on investment ?
BY NEALE PETERSEN
O ne of the prime financial IQ ’ s needed to invest in real estate successfully is getting the right information . Erwin Rode is a doyen in the South African real estate industry on property economics , research and getting the best information for investors and landlords . He started his career in real estate at Old Mutual Properties as a Property Economist from 1976 to 1986 . Prior to that , he studied a BA at the University of Stellenbosch and later an MBA at the University of Stellenbosch Business School .
In 1987 he started his own property consultancy , Rode and Associates , and until today has been serving the real estate industry for over 30 years already . He is a fellow of the SA Institute of Valuers ( SAIV ) since 2004 and also a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors ( RICS ) since 2011 . He is a part-time lecturer for the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch . He serves as a non-executive director for Pareto Ltd , owner of various shopping centres and commercial properties .
As one of the largest valuation firms , Rode Valuations values residential , agricultural and commercial properties . His focus on commercial includes shopping centres , industrial , hotels , hospitals , dormitories , self-storage facilities and airports . In addition to that , he does town and regional planning including spatial planning , land use management and property market assessments for human settlement developments .
His real estate economics and in-depth research reports in the form of the Rode ’ s Report are a quarterly publication for the real estate industry . Rode says he is a realist and his forthright analysis of the market leans to pessimism , which does not always please estate agents , brokers , and investors who
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