1. 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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2. A Quick Checklist when completing an Offer to Purchase:

Click Here to Download Comprehensive Free Offer to Purchase Check that the description of the property is correct (as described in the title deed). Are all the buyers' & seller's details documented clearly? Check that the purchase price...

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3. 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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4. Download Offer to Purchase/Deed of Sale

Click here to download a comprehensive offer of purchase contract. OFFER TO PURCHASE In and between: ___________________________________ (Hereinafter referred to as "the Purchaser") And ___________________________________ (Hereinafter...

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5. Suspensive Conditions

Most sales of immovable property are concluded subject to one or more suspensive conditions. One of the legal definitions of a suspensive condition is that it is a condition which suspends the operation or effect of one or more of the...

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6. Choosing a Stand

Consider the following, when searching for the perfect stand on which to build your dream home:  Check the title deed to make sure that there is no building or zoning restrictions that would hamper your dreams, or servitudes that are...

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7. Procedure for Transferring Ownership of Property in South Africa

Procedure for Transferring Ownership of Property              Most properties which are sold have an existing bond registered over the property and most Purchasers obtain a bond to purchase a property. When...

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8. 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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9. "Voetstoots"

Almost every Deed of Sale/Offer to Purchase relating to the sale of immovable property contains a clause stating that the property is sold "voetstoots" (as is/as it stands). What is the effect of such a clause? Under the common law the...

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10. Legal Implications and Ramnifications of signing a contract

  When disputes arise between sellers and purchasers of immovable property regarding the terms and conditions contained in the deed of sale I am often told by such persons that they didn't understand the legal implications and consequences of...

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