31. 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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32. 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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33. 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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34. What happens at the deeds office?

What happens at the deeds office? The conveyancer will lodge the title deed and other documents that he has prepared in the deeds office for registration. The deeds office is a government registry of ownership in all fixed property and other rights...

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35. Estate Agent Mandates Explained

A Mandate is an instruction or authority from a client to an estate agent, to render a particular estate agency service. It is a legally binding contract between the estate agent and his client, that need not be in writing unless in the case...

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36. Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons

These schemes usually have extraordinary features, which other developments don't have, such as a frail care centre or full-time nursing care, restaurant facilities, great emphasis on security, etc. There can also be certain stipulations, which make...

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37. PURCHASING IMMOVABLE PROPERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA AS A NON-RESIDENT

There are various issues involved in purchasing immovable property in a foreign country which extend beyond the mere signing of contracts and documents and paying of money of which the aver-age non-resident interested in purchasing property is...

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38. What is a Title Deed and why is it so important?

The owner of Immovable Property is the person in whose name the property is registered in terms of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937. A Title Deed is the owner of immovable property's documentary proof of ownership. Each privately owned property...

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39. OFFER TO PURCHASE PROPERTY

OFFER TO PURCHASE PROPERTY OFFER TO PURCHASE ...

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40. The Conveyancing and Transfer process of Property

Once an Offer to Purchase is duly signed by all parties it is handed to conveyancing attorneys traditionally appointed by the seller who then proceed with the formal process of conveying ownership of the property from the seller to the buyer and...

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