The report, City Leases: Cape Town’s Failure to Redistribute Land, proposes a “radical new deal” for housing on 24 areas of City-owned land, including golf courses, bowling greens, country clubs, and parking lots. These range across the breadth of the City, from Camps Bay to Strand to Fish Hoek. Detailed proposals are provided for five of them:
As the New Year approaches, you may find yourself ready to fulfill an important goal; making the dream of owning your very own home a reality! Or maybe you are fortunate enough to be considering a move to a larger home, or the time has come to scale down to something smaller and more manageable!
Where do you start? Many dive right in and start house hunting with no idea what their price range is and very importantly what the added costs are, but if you had an uncle or an aunt in the real estate business you could talk to him or her and get some objective advice. Consider your Chas Everitt Cape Town South estate agent your direct contact to better real estate advice!
Without hesitation we recommend the services of a seasoned bond originator to pre-qualify you and also carry out a credit check on your behalf. Their services are free of charge and eliminates the hassle of shopping around for the best rate by yourself when the moment comes that you find your perfect home. * Should you use them to get a mortgage the mortgage broker will earn a commission from the bank but they are contracted to all the banks so they are totally motivated to get you the best deal.
As a buyer the added costs to be aware of are the bond registration costs as well as property transfer costs. These can not usually be added into the bond amount applied for. These funds need to be readily available before transfer of the property. The costs are dependent on your purchase price.
We have a good selection of starter homes in desirable areas but the best value less expensive houses are frequently sold by us before we ever market them. We have a responsibility to contact our registered buyers before we go to the open market so be strategic in your planning in the new year and register with us to gain a competitive edge. Give us a call to assist you from step A to Z and you could also request an invitation to our Better Buyer Workshop that is held by our marketing manager Andre de Villiers who has 35 years experience in Cape Town property.
As service driven agents we look forward to helping make your dreams a reality in 2019 that is the difference that makes Chas Everitt Cape Town South one of the best real estate companies to deal with in the opinion of our buyers who collectively give us a 4.8 out of 5 star rating – which is something we are super proud of maintaining and improving if we can.
A successful leadership transition in a real estate company is always challenging but over the last six months, a smooth transition has been underway at Devler Estates trading as Chas Everitt Cape Town South.
Sally Gracie – New MD at Chas Everitt Cape Town South
Sally Gracie, a familiar name in the Constantiaberg luxury real estate market, has replaced her brother, André de Villiers as MD of the well established local franchise that has been trading in the area consecutively as Steer / ERA Steer and since 2006, as Chas Everitt Cape Town South.
De Villiers, who has 34 years of Cape Town real estate experience, will be expanding his social media business eNeighbourhoods.com and is moving to Ireland, however, de Villiers will remain very active in the Chas Everitt franchise retaining the franchise Marketing Manager position.
Bruce Haywood, a popular and experienced figure in the South Peninsula real estate industry remains the Sales Manager and has recently become a shareholder in the business. Bruce Haywood and Sally Gracie enjoy a complimentary working relationship which will continue to serve the business well. Bruce’s knowledge of the territory and the industry, as well as his amiable manner, are a great value to the business. The Chas Everitt team covers a wide variety of markets in a substantial multi-territory franchise, stretching from Observatory to Simon’s Town.
Managing Director, Sally Gracie feels strongly that real estate leadership is too often removed from active selling which inevitably creates a distance between the team leadership and the body of agents. To this end, Sally will remain the Luxury Property Team leader and the resident agent at Stonehurst Estate where she is the longest-serving accredited agent.
“Being at the coalface of real estate sales every day is important to both Bruce and me, and with the experienced administrative support we have, we are able to guide our sales team with credibility as successful salespeople in management, not management people just talking about sales. One may be surprised to know how uncommon that is in this industry and what a difference it can make,” said Gracie.
Prior to starting in real estate sales in 2008, Gracie worked for Southern Life Properties, as a Centre Manager at Durbanville Centre. Later, she was involved in managing both residential and commercial property for German-based Investment buyers and also worked for the British Consulate in Cape Town, heading up their management division, overseeing the housing and office compliment for the diplomatic staff.
Sally Gracie has introduced a new ‘Team Leader’ structure which will be a key to Chas Everitt Cape Town South extending coverage of the large franchise area. The ‘Team Leader’ structure will benefit experienced agents who can grow their own positions in the business, and effectively grow new agents (interns) to the industry. This structure aims to provide an extra level of hands-on sales support to new agents. Significantly, this structure is directly based on Sally’s own proven success with a Team Leader position. One of Chas Everitt’s Master Agents, Joan Ross has been the first to embrace this opportunity and will build her team in the Diep River to Kenilworth area.
Chas Everitt Cape Town South has always been at the cutting edge of technology and embraces change. According to Sally Gracie that innovation is a key ingredient in making the real estate franchise strong and different. “As a consumer solution orientated business there are some very exciting changes ahead,” she said.
Chas Everitt Cape Town South will be opening the fourth office to their physical presence in the Newlands / Rondebosch area next year.
There is no one way to sell a property because no property and seller are alike! It is a fundamental flaw in the marketing offered by most real estate companies that the same essential package is offered to most sellers. Little regard is made for the difference in seller’s circumstances and motivation or the area or the property! It’s a one size fits all or some extra bells and whistles for the more expensive homes.
Well, this is not the case with Chas Everitt Cape Town South. Over the last few years, we developed a tried and tested system that is centred around the strategically managed release of a property into the market with its own phased approach designed to stimulate maximum interest and response from qualified buyers.
Does this sound interesting to you as a seller? If you would like to know how you can secure these benefits, you will appreciate we cannot detail this here but if you contact the Chas Everitt Cape Town South area specialist who manages your area they will gladly explain how our management of the marketing process is fundamentally different to what you have heard before.
Amid the tumultuous environment of the property market over the last several years in South Africa, Cape Town has not only remained stable in house price inflation but shown significant growth thanks to foreign investors and migration from other provinces.
Data a research group, Lightstone, recently analysed data of several million properties in the Western Cape and pinned the annual inflation rate at just under 4.0%, with a monthly rate of 0.27%.
One of the most interesting findings, the group said, is how the value and volume of properties compares between Cape Town and Johannesburg.
During 2008 the rand experienced its most dismal period to date performing exceptionally low against its global counterparts and the property market experienced negative growth on a national scale.
“Annual property inflation experienced similar growth nationally over the next four years. After 2012 however, the Western Cape and the City of Cape Town became increasingly more attractive to potential buyers,” Lightstone said.
Looking at the most expensive suburbs in Cape Town, Bishopscourt is the most expensive with an average value of R17.1 million, followed by Llandudno, Constantia Heights, Clifton, Steenberg and De Bosch in Stellenbosch.
“With most property prices on the rise, first time buyers are looking at more affordable options in lower cost suburbs like Pelikan Park, Kayelitsha and Parklands,” Lightstone said.
Even though the forecast for the Cape Town property market remains stable for 2018, this could be subject to changes dependant on government’s planned land expropriation without compensation strategy, the group said.
“In the interim, the appetite for foreign investments in the Cape Town property market will provide the required strength within the industry; and the demand for secure estate living will continue where both freehold and sectional title should enjoy much needed growth.”
If you are moving home, getting a reliable property valuation is an essential step in the process.
A property valuation will give you an estimate of how much your house should be worth, based upon a number of different factors.
Even if you are not planning to move home straight away, house valuations remain an excellent tool to indicate a current market value and what improvements could be made should you want to potentially increase the value of your home without over capitalising.
By answering a few easy questions on the current condition of your home, our free property value calculator which uses the latest GIS (Geographic Information Systems) will give you an idea of how much money you could potentially make from the sale of your home.
Unique to Valuator we are also able to reference recent final property sales (selected Cape Town metropolitan areas) that have not yet been recorded in the Deeds Office which makes our report that much more current and reliable!
Valuator is a service operated in association with Chas Everitt by:
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10 Years with Devler Estates t/a Chas Everitt Cape Town South
What a pleasure it is to acknowledge Cecily Madison today who has been our colleague for a decade.
Cecily is not only a successful Master Agent, but very well respected and admired as a professional by all her colleagues and the community in which she has built her real estate career.
“Quite simply Cecily is one of those people that make being a part of a real estate team worthwhile! Cecily is always a strong link in the chain, reliable dependable and enthusiastic” – Sally Gracie
Cecily’s focus and service driven attitude in her area of Bergvliet, Meadowridge and Kreupelbosch has earned her a high level of market recognition and respect from the community. From Cecily’s first year, Cecily recognised that community engagement and the local school in particular were very important to developing relationships as a career professional in the area.
Congratulations Cecily, and thank you for flying the Chas Everitt ‘flag’ with pride in your patch!
You have from day one 10 June 2006 done that so very well.
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