Advice for new home buyer in Cape Town

[Pienats]

Thanks for all the excellent advice, very much appreciated.
Cape Town sales do seem to go very quickly.
For those of you with experience in Cape Town, what is a reasonable period for the agent to ask for an offer? We went to see a house yesterday and the agent want the offer before 1pm today, saying that there are already 4 other offers.

With notifications on Private Property and Property 24, we've phoned agents for houses for notifications that we received minutes earlier only to be told that they were already sold. Other houses are on the market for much longer. Most houses go fairly quickly though.

We just decided that if we missed out on a house, it simply wasn't meant to be. In the end, we found a great house for a great price, so don't rush it.