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Tax Certificate

A breakdown of how much interest and insurance was paid, as well as total repayments to the home A sum of borrowed money (principal) that is generally repaid with interest. Afrikaans - Lening

">loan account over a certain period. Afrikaans - Belastingsertifikaat

Tenant

A person who occupies a property, but does not own it and pays rent in return. Afrikaans - Huurder

Timeshare

A property development where occupancy time is sold.

Title Deed

A document that gives evidence of an individual's ownership of property. It includes the following information about the property: names of the current and previous owners; a full description including it’s square meterage; the purchase price paid by the existing owner; all A clause that renders the operation and consequences of the contract as a whole dependent on an uncertain future event. A suspensive condition suspends the operation of the contract for a period of time, subject to the occurrence of a future event, and only if and when the condition has been fulfilled will an enforceable contract exist. In the case where a resolutive condition is stipulated, the contract is immediately binding and will remain binding unless the condition is not fulfilled. Afrikaans - Toestand

">conditions restricting the use; and all A registered right over someone else’s property, such as servitudes and mortgage bonds. Afrikaans - Beprekte Saaklike Reg

">limited real rights
registered. Afrikaans - Titelakte

Townhouse
Transfer Cost

Costs payable for the registration of a property and include A tax levied by the government on the transfer of land. If the purchase price includes VAT no transfer duty is payable. Afrikaans - Hereregte

">transfer duty, conveyancing fees, and registration fees. Afrikaans - Oordrag Koste

Transfer Duty

A tax levied by the government on the transfer of land. If the purchase price includes VAT no transfer duty is payable. Afrikaans - Hereregte

Transferring Attorney

Transferring Attorney

Appointed by the seller to attend to the transfer of the property into the name of the buyer. Afrikaans - Oordragprokureur

Trust
Trust Account
Trustee

A person appointed to manage the affairs and assets of a trust. In terms of A development made up of sections, whereby all section owners are members of a Body Corporate. Each section owner is responsible for their own section. Afrikaans - Deursnee Titel

">sectional title, the trustees attend to the day-to-day running of the scheme, which includes the collection of levies and the employment and management of staff.