Latest properties in Kew, Johannesburg

Sellers are not the only ones who need to worry about updating their property. All homeowners ought to be updating certain features – some more regularly than others – to prevent having their home resemble a museum over time.

In a buoyant property market it’s easy to forget that this is the most important component, as even badly located properties are in demand in the good times.

The general advice when buying residential property is to purchase based on ‘location, location, location’. But while this is good advice, when considering purchasing property in coastal towns such as uMhlanga just north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, how does price growth in front-line properties compare with properties located a few roads back from the beach?