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Financial fitness is often stressed for buyers as they need to be able to show a clean credit record and affordability for bond requirements - but it is just as important for sellers.

The SA Reserve Bank, like other central banks around the world, is obviously keen to maintain a balance between economic growth and inflation as the economy recovers from the damage done by the Covid-19 lock-downs and supply chain breaks, so some interest rate increases are on the cards this year, says Berry Everitt, CEO of the Chas Everitt International property group

What you can buy and what you can afford are two different things and when it comes to buying your first home you will need to know exactly what you can afford.