Christan van Eeden - Cape Coastal Homes

Christan van Eeden - Cape Coastal Homes CCH member agents operate in Cape Town, Cape Winelands (Paarl, Wellington, Stellenbosch and Franschoek), West Coast (Langebaan, Saldanha)

๐€๐“๐“๐„๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐‡๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐–๐๐„๐‘๐’ & ๐๐‘๐Ž๐๐„๐‘๐“๐˜ ๐๐”๐˜๐„๐‘๐’โ—๏ธCompile & Update A Property File From Day One.The last thing you want when i...
28/09/2026

๐€๐“๐“๐„๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐‡๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐–๐๐„๐‘๐’ & ๐๐‘๐Ž๐๐„๐‘๐“๐˜ ๐๐”๐˜๐„๐‘๐’โ—๏ธCompile & Update A Property File From Day One.

The last thing you want when itโ€™s time to sell your home is to spend hours searching through years of emails, bank statements and forgotten folders for an invoice you need.

Your propertyโ€™s history matters โ€“ especially when it comes to ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฑ (๐‚๐†๐“) and proving qualifying costs that may form part of your propertyโ€™s base cost.

From your original purchase documents and transfer costs to major renovations, improvements and proof of payment, keeping the right records from the beginning can make the selling process far less stressful later on.

And if youโ€™re a non-resident property owner, there are ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ you need to understand before selling.

๐Ÿ”—Read the full article here: https://www.cch.co.za/news/attention-all-homeowners-property-buyers-compile-update-a-property-file-from-day-one/



Author: Benhard Wiese

27/09/2026

โ€œThe magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back." โ€“ Wendy Wunder

Thereโ€™s something special about Sundays at home โ€“ slow mornings, familiar spaces, the people we love, and that feeling of simply being where we belong.โค๏ธ

Because at the end of the day, home is more than a place. Itโ€™s a feeling.

Wishing you a beautiful Sunday, wherever you call home.โœจ

24/09/2026

HERITAGE IS MORE THAN A DAY๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Itโ€™s our traditions.
Our stories.
Our people.
And the moments that bring us together.

Heritage lives in the fire light, the recipes passed down through generations, the languages we speak, and the warmth of the tables we share.

As South Africa reflects on this yearโ€™s theme โ€œReimagine our heritage institutions for a new eraโ€ we are reminded that the most important heritage institution of all is the home. It is the place where our stories begin, our culture is lived, and our traditions are carried forward.๐Ÿก

Because our heritage isnโ€™t just something we remember.

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐.

From all of us at CCH, wishing you and your family a safe, joy-filled, and memorable Heritage Day!๐Ÿ˜„

23/09/2026

๐Ÿ“ข๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐๐„๐–๐’: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“%

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has raised the repo rate by 25 basis points, taking it to 7.25%.

As a result, the prime lending rate increases to 10.75%. The decision was announced today, 23 September 2026, and was unanimous.

So, what does this mean for homeowners and prospective property buyers?

On a ๐‘๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, the increase works out to approximately ๐‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ• ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก or around ๐‘๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ.

While 0.25% may sound small, changes in interest rates can have a meaningful impact on monthly affordability, borrowing costs and household budgets.

๐ŸกProperty remains a long-term investment.

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ? Contact our team of experienced property professionals for expert guidance.

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20/09/2026

โ€œGo confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.โ€
โ€“ Henry David Thoreau๐Ÿค

As the week comes to an end, take a moment to remember that your dreams are worth pursuing. Keep believing, keep going and keep moving in the direction of the life youโ€™ve imagined.

Wishing you a beautiful Sunday and a week filled with possibility!

๐Ÿก๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ฒBuying a proper...
17/09/2026

๐Ÿก๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ

Buying a property together is exciting โ€“ until the relationship ends and one person wants out, while the other refuses to cooperate.

Can one co-owner simply refuse to sell, buy the other out, or bring the joint ownership to an end?

A recent High Court judgment in ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ท ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ provides important insight into the rights of co-owners and the legal remedy of ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ.

The judgment highlights an important principle for unmarried couples who own property together: ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ.

Read the full article: https://www.cch.co.za/news/when-love-ends-you-dont-have-to-stay-trapped-in-property-ownership/



Source: Herold Gie Attorneys

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐•๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž?โšก๐Ÿš˜As electric vehicles become increasingly popular, more ho...
14/09/2026

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐•๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž?โšก๐Ÿš˜

As electric vehicles become increasingly popular, more homeowners are considering installing charging stations at their properties. But before you plug in, there are a few important questions to consider.

โ€ข Does the installation require a Certificate of Compliance?
โ€ข What about approved building plans if the charger is installed inside a garage or other structure?
โ€ข Do Body Corporate or HOA rules apply?
โ€ข And what could happen to your insurance cover if an EV or battery fire occurs?

Understanding the ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ before installation can help homeowners avoid unnecessary complications later.

๐Ÿ”—Read the full article here: https://www.cch.co.za/news/installing-a-vehicle-charging-station-at-home-ensure-all-the-compliance-boxes-are-ticked/



Sources: Techno Group / Miltons Matsemela Attorneys

13/09/2026

โ€œThe strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.โ€ โ€“ Phil Jackson

Different strengths. Different talents. Different perspectives. Different personalities.

A great team doesnโ€™t ask everyone to be the same. It creates a space where everyone can bring their best โ€“ knowing that their contribution matters and that they donโ€™t have to do it alone.

Because your strength makes the team stronger.
And the strength of the team gives you the confidence to go further.๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ™‚

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ€™ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ?When an estate agent de...
11/09/2026

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ€™ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ?

When an estate agent describes a property as "๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ" ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ "๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ", is that simply sales talk โ€“ or could those words create legal responsibility for the propertyโ€™s condition and safety?

A recent Western Cape High Court case, ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ป๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ท ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜บ, looked at exactly this issue after the wooden deck of a property collapsed just seven months after the buyers moved in.

The case highlights the important distinction between marketing language and factual representations, as well as what buyers, sellers and estate agents should understand about ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ž๐ง ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ”—Read the full article: https://www.cch.co.za/news/can-estate-agents-marketing-words-warrant-a-propertys-structural-integrity-condition-safety/



Source โ€“ STBB Attorneys

โš–๏ธ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž & ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐š ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐?When a divorce is ongoing, questio...
09/09/2026

โš–๏ธ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž & ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐š ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐?

When a divorce is ongoing, questions surrounding the family home can become particularly complex โ€“ especially when the property is registered in only one spouseโ€™s name and is subsequently sold.

A recent ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐‘ด๐’–๐’๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐’— ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’Š๐’Œ considered whether a spouseโ€™s pending accrual claim could entitle them to remain in a property that had been sold to new owners.

The judgment provides important insight into the distinction between ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ.

For divorcing spouses, property owners and prospective buyers, understanding these principles can be important when navigating a property transaction during divorce proceedings.

Read the full article here: https://www.cch.co.za/news/divorce-can-a-spouse-stay-in-a-sold-home-until-the-divorce-is-finalized/



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