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Camps Bay recorded 29 sales above R20 million in a year, more than Bantry Bay and Fresnaye
29sales Camps Bay · Highest
Cape Town’s sales above R20 million cluster on the Atlantic Seaboard and at the waterfront. Camps Bay alone had almost two in five of these sales.
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Method and sources
Each bar is the number of property transactions above R20 million recorded in that suburb over the past year, as printed in the article's chart.
Camps Bay: 29. Bantry Bay: 17. Fresnaye: 17. V&A Waterfront: 10.
The article says only the past year and was published on 26 June 2026, so the period is approximated as the twelve months to 30 June 2026.
Sources: Seeff Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl (https://www.seeff.com/) The link is to the publisher, not the exact release.
Figures as published in our guide to buying property in South Africa (chart last checked 14 September 2026): transaction counts from Seeff Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl.
Chart updated · 12 Oct 2026. The observation dates above describe the data, not today’s conditions.
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