81. Separate rates clearance certificates for Sectional Title Units

Pretoria Registrar's Circular 2/2008 Pretoria Registrar's Circular No.2 of 2008 - As from the 1st of July the City of Tshwane Municipality will be rating sectional title units separately. Therefore separate rates clearance certificates must be...

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82. The two signature rule

Management rule 27 is one of the most often ignored rules. This is what it says: No document signed on behalf of this body corporate, shall be valid and binding unless it is signed by a trustee and the managing agent referred to in rule 46 or...

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83. Who Appoints the Conveyancer

Click Here to download Comprehensive Free Offer to Purchase Who Appoints the Conveyancer? Firstly I think it is important to be aware that not all attorneys are conveyancers. Conveyancers are qualified attorneys who have studied further and...

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84. Estate Agent Mandates Explained

Sole Mandate Giving an estate agent a sole mandate to market your property, means that you cannot confer a similar mandate on another estate agent before the expiry of a determined period. If another estate agent sells or lets your property during...

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85. Restrictions on Your Property.

Restrictions on Your Property. The use of every privately owned property in South Africa is subject to certain control measures, which may restrict you from making the changes you would like to make to your new home. If you are able to check...

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86. WHAT IS CONVEYANCING?

WHAT IS CONVEYANCING? The term "CONVEYANCING" describes the legal process whereby a person, company, close corporation or trust becomes the registered and lawful owner of fixed property and ensures that such ownership cannot be challenged. It...

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87. What is a contract?

Click Here to Download Comprehensive Free Offer to Purchase/Deed of What is a contract? A contract is an agreement between two or more people in terms of which one party offers to do, deliver or not do something, and the other part accepts...

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88. What happens with trust monies?

  Section 78(2a) of the Attorneys Act specifically makes provision that an attorney, at the instruction of any person, may open a trust savings or other interest bearing account and the interest is paid out according to instruction. These...

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89. What must happen at the first meeting of the Body Corporate?

Section 36(7) of the Act states that within 60 days of establishment, the developer is obliged to convene a meeting of the new body corporate. The agenda for this meeting, of which at least seven days notice must be given, is prescribed by...

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90. What is a Home Owners Association

What is a Home Owners Association When freehold properties are designed as a unit eg. a complex of townhouses or enclosed neighbourhood or golf estate, they are sometimes bound together by means of a Home Owners...

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