South African Property Market - 17% More Property Transfers During Third Quarter 2019 vs 3rd Quarter
Category Property Market News
The South African residential property market is showing good recovery signs with a 17% increase in the number of property transfers
Electronic Signatures, Sale Agreements & Deeds Registration
Category Property Thought Of The Week
At the beginning of October, the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act was promulgated.
Can An Oral Option To Purchase A Property Be A Binding Agreement?
Category Legal Update
In 2017 the Constitutional Court declared that a pre-emptive right to purchase property need not be reduced to writing in order to be valid
New Property Related Laws - Property Practitioners Act and Electronic Deeds Registration System Act
Category Legal Update
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed various Bills into law that will enable property deeds to be processed electronically
Can A Landlord Cut The Tenant's Electricity Or Change The Locks?
Category Legal Information
As a landlord in dispute with your tenant you may well be tempted to avoid the delay and cost of litigation by taking your own eviction
HOA's May Exclusively Partner & Earn Money From Estate Agency Property Sales
Category Buying and Selling Property
The latest Supreme Court ruling makes allowance for community schemes to enter into partnership with estate agencies and earn money from property sales
Can Owners In Sectional Title Schemes Take Legal Action On Behalf Of A Body Corporate?
Category Sectional Titles and Body Corporate
From the Sectional Title Schemes Management Act ("STSMA") it is clear that the body corporate of a sectional title scheme is the entity responsible for the enfo
Housing Consumer Protection Bill
Category Buying and Selling Property
A Bill, replacing the Housing Consumer Protection Measures Act 95 of 1998 (the Act), was published for comment
Pensioner And Social Grant Rebates On City Of Cape Town Rate Payments
Category Home Owners
The City of Cape Town has encouraged residents who are dependent on pensions and social grants as an income to apply for a discount on their rate payments.
Is The Security Company In A Residential Estate Responsible For A Robbery?
Category Home Owners
Choosing to live in a secured residential estate in South Africa is becoming ever more popular with South Africans.