Shakeel Abrahams - VirtualRealty

Shakeel Abrahams - VirtualRealty Beyond being a property practitioner, I am a skilled problem solver, seamlessly navigating all aspects of property matters.

Your investment is more than just a house; it's a long-term cornerstone for the life you envision.

Happy International Women's Day 2026 to all the incredible women out there!โ™€๏ธ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž: ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐š๐ข๐งIt reminds u...
08/03/2026

Happy International Women's Day 2026 to all the incredible women out there!โ™€๏ธ

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž: ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐š๐ข๐ง

It reminds us that when we uplift one another by sharing opportunities, encouragement, knowledge, and support, we all grow stronger together. When women are empowered, communities flourish and meaningful progress becomes possible for everyone.

Letโ€™s continue to support, inspire, and champion one another as we build a more inclusive and empowered future.๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ผ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฟโ€๐ŸŽจ

Together, we rise.

01/03/2026

HELLO, MARCH!โœจ

As the days get shorter and the air turns cooler, thereโ€™s no better time to find a space that truly feels like yours. From morning coffeesโ˜• to big moves๐Ÿก, weโ€™re here to help you keep moving toward happiness, success, and connection in the pursuit of your dreams.

Are you ready to find it? Letโ€™s make it happen together.

๐ŸŒVisit us: www.cch.co.za | 021 851 1951

๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (๐†๐•๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“) ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌThe latest General Valuation Roll has been released, set...
25/02/2026

๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (๐†๐•๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“) ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

The latest General Valuation Roll has been released, setting the basis for your municipal property rates from 1 July 2026.

If youโ€™re unsure what your property is valued at by the City, you can check it here: ๐Ÿ”—https://ow.ly/HSAi50YlOrk

How to search:

โ€ข By Erf Number: Enter only the erf number (exclude the suburb). If multiple options appear, simply select your area.
โ€ข By Street Address: Enter only the street number and name (exclude the suburb).

Next steps:

โžก๏ธClick on Property Reference
โžก๏ธSelect Rates Estimation to view your valuation and projected rates

โš ๏ธImportant Deadline:

If you disagree with the valuation, ensure you ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐‚๐‡ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐…๐‘๐„๐„, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ (๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง). Once you have this, lodge your objection before 30 April 2026. After this date, the valuation will be fixed for the full valuation cycle.

22/02/2026

Inspirational Quote For Today โ€“ We have two lives, and the second one begins when we realize we only have one.

Too often, we get caught up in routines, waiting for the โ€œperfect momentโ€ to start living fully. But life doesnโ€™t wait. The truth is, we only get one chance to make it count.

When we truly realize this, we begin our second life โ€“ the one where we chase our dreams, embrace new experiences, and treasure every moment.

Donโ€™t wait for tomorrow. Start living today.๐Ÿ’›

๐Ÿ“ข๐‚๐€๐๐„ ๐“๐Ž๐–๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐‹๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐๐„๐‘๐“๐˜ ๐‘๐€๐“๐„๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐”๐‹๐€ ๐๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ% ๐…๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐Ž๐–๐ˆ๐๐† ๐†๐•๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“The City of Cape Town has announced a ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ%...
20/02/2026

๐Ÿ“ข๐‚๐€๐๐„ ๐“๐Ž๐–๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐‹๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐๐„๐‘๐“๐˜ ๐‘๐€๐“๐„๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐”๐‹๐€ ๐๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ% ๐…๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐Ž๐–๐ˆ๐๐† ๐†๐•๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

The City of Cape Town has announced a ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ% ๐๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž-๐ข๐ง-๐ญ๐ก๐ž-๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ following the latest ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ (๐†๐•๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“).

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ:

โ€ข ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ could see a ๐๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž in their rates
โ€ข ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ-๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ
โ€ข Applies to homes valued up to ๐‘๐Ÿ– ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โ€ข Cape Town remains the ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ for property rates in SA

Even with strong property value growth, most homeowners will experience ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ in many cases just a few rand per month.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ:

โ€ข 20 Feb โ€“ 30 April 2026: Public inspection & objections
โ€ข 26 March 2026: Draft budget tabled

๐Ÿ”Read more here: https://ow.ly/AIaA50YiKv6 and to ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ: https://ow.ly/Y6sA50YiKv8

If you believe your valuation is incorrect, make sure to submit your objection before the deadline โ€“ no late submissions will be accepted.



Source: City of Cape Town

๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž โ€“ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง-๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌAttention non-residents! The South African Reserve ...
19/02/2026

๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž โ€“ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง-๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

Attention non-residents! The South African Reserve Bank has updated the rules for moving money out of the country. The big change? ๐’๐€๐‘๐’ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ, so having your tax paperwork in order is more important than ever.

โ€ข ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ & ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: No need for yearly TCS โ€“ your existing tax certificates usually suffice.
โ€ข ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž: Lease agreement + confirmation of reasonable rent + SARS approval required.
โ€ข ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ & ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: Transfer only with TCS Pin or Manual Letter of Compliance.
โ€ข ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž: Falls under your discretionary allowances, with approvals required for anything else.

๐Ÿ’กStay compliant and avoid delays by ensuring all your tax documentation is up to date.

Read more here: https://ow.ly/qQVJ50Yi0PT



Source: Samantha Smith (STBB Attorneys)

๐€๐ข๐ซ๐›๐ง๐› ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฒ-๐ฅ๐š๐ฐCape Town is seeing a ๐ฌ๐ฎ...
17/02/2026

๐€๐ข๐ซ๐›๐ง๐› ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฒ-๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ

Cape Town is seeing a ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, with approximately 27,000 Airbnb listings โ€“ around 4% of the cityโ€™s homes! While this boosts tourism and supports jobs, itโ€™s also driving ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ, especially in Tamboerskloof (+50%) and Gardens (+62%).

To ensure fairness, the City plans to enforce rules so properties ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ pay commercial rates, just like hotels and B&Bs. Residential homeowners who rent occasionally wonโ€™t be affected.

๐Ÿ‘‰If youโ€™re running a property primarily as a short-term rental, nowโ€™s the time to check your status with the City.

Read more here: https://ow.ly/wNEa50YgUYG



Source: STBB Attorneys (Samantha Smith)

15/02/2026

Inspirational Quote For Today -

Be kinder to yourself.
You are doing the very best you can with what you have, from where you are, guided by the wisdom youโ€™ve gathered along the way.

Some days progress looks quiet. Some days it looks like simply showing up. Both count.
You donโ€™t need to have it all figured out today โ€” what you are doing is already enough.

Pause. Breathe. Be proud of how far youโ€™ve come.๐Ÿงก

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