04 February 2010

Mutual Heights: You Just Lost A Lot Of Money

In Feb 2008, the asking price for a 1 bed loft apartment in Mutual Heights was R825 000.

In Feb 2010, the asking price for a 1 bed loft apartment in Mutual Heights is R750 000.

6 comments:

Bean Counter said...

Thanks to a little varmint called inflation (let's say 6%), R750,000 in Feb 2010 money is about the same as R668,000 in Feb 2008 money.

Back in 2008 would this seller ever have imagined, in his worst nightmares, that he'd be asking (and probably not getting) R668,000 for his specuvestor pad?

propxchanja said...

Slightly off the topic:

Australian Housing Bubble About to Burst, Market About to Crash

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article16958.html

Is it just me thinking there are similarities between us and them?

propxchanja said...

Another bubble about to burst: China

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aQuZnQ1PGBv8&pos=13

Anonymous said...

So, its better off to rent the lifestyle and buy-to-let at this point in time in Cape Town?

bbflames said...

Anon - Rent for sure. You can rent a 10 mil house in Constantia for R30k per month.

Anonymous said...

I always loved the look of Mutual Place... that was until I experienced the pokey long narrow apartments within, some of which don't even have windows but "internal windows" looking into the atrium. I'm not joking, it is like being in one of those tall prison blocks you see in the movies. Except here you pay for the privilege lol