Cacisa Mgudlwa, a town and regional planner/Property Expert

First Thing is First | Purchasing a property is not just about saving money to pay lawyers to register the bond and transfer of ownership and signing the contract to purchase the house. It is a lot more about unlocking a property’s true potential value, meaning what can you get out of the property once you own it and when you decide to sell it. We chat property value…. Guest: Cacisa Mgudlwa, a town and regional planner/Property Expert By the way if you are in Joburg, The City of Johannesburg  tabled a R77.1 billion budget  yesterday with some painful tariff increases for residents.Property rates will increase by 4.85%; electricity will increase by 7.47%, which is a significant reduction of the increase in the previous financial year of 14.59%. Water will increase by 9.75%. This increase is also a pass through cost from Rand Water. Sanitation will increase by 9.75%; and refuse increases by 5%.