Suburbs · Johannesburg · City of Cape Town

Observatory

90 properties on file, 90 freehold and 0 sectional-title units across 3 streets. 83 carry a registered sale price. Every record can be opened for the erf number, township, last transfer and imagery.

Median last sale, last 5 years
R 2 200 000
registered transfers
Median last sale, all years
R 1 550 000
83 priced records
Median municipal value
R 2 060 000
2 valued records
Sectional title
0%
0 units in schemes

Municipal values here come from the City of Cape Town valuation roll GV2025: its dates, how to look a property up, and how to object.

Sales by year of last transfer

Each property counts once, in the year of its most recent registered transfer. Medians are of those transfer prices.

2012R 980 0001 sale
2013R 950 0003 sales
2014R 1 640 0004 sales
2015R 2 400 0003 sales
2016R 1 950 0003 sales
2017R 2 375 0005 sales
2018R 3 100 0004 sales
2019R 1 800 0003 sales
2020R 1 600 0003 sales
2021R 2 200 0007 sales
2022R 2 190 0005 sales
2023R 2 350 0001 sale
2024R 2 750 0004 sales
2025R 2 350 0005 sales
2026R 1 780 0003 sales

Streets in Observatory

Every property on file on each street, with the year and price band of its last registered sale.

Frances Street43 properties · median R1.5m–R2mLytton Street46 properties · median R2m–R2.5m

Recent transfers on file

PropertyYearPrice band
16 Lytton Street, Observatory2026R6m–R7m
48 Lytton Street, Observatory, Cape Town2026R1.5m–R2m
174 Frances Street, Observatory2026R900k–R1m
9 Lytton Street, Observatory2025R2m–R2.5m
21 Lytton Street, Observatory2025R2m–R2.5m
31 Lytton Street, Observatory2025R2.5m–R3m
36 Lytton Street, Observatory2025R2m–R2.5m
206 Frances Street, Observatory2025R1.5m–R2m
12 Lytton Street, Observatory2024R4m–R4.5m
39 Lytton Street, Observatory2024R1m–R1.5m
166 Frances Street, Observatory2024R3.5m–R4m
210 Frances Street, Observatory2024R2m–R2.5m
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Updated 2026-11-03. Sources: Deeds Office extracts; municipal valuation rolls where the city publishes them.