“Seller’s Remorse” and “Subject to Sale of the Buyer’s Property” – Can They Sink the Sale?
“If you don’t like where you are, move. You are not a tree” (Jim Rohn) The upcoming festive season, with its mass migrations of happy holiday-makers to their dream destinations, has always been a busy time for both sellers and […]
Read MoreLandlord vs Tenant: When Can You Cut Electricity or Change the Locks?
“Spoliation is the wrongful deprivation of another’s right of possession. The aim of spoliation is to prevent self-help. It seeks to prevent people from taking the law into their own hands… The cause of possession is irrelevant – that is […]
Read MoreYour Will: What You Can Do and Can’t Do
“Where there’s a will, I want to be in it” (Anon) Your will (“Last Will and Testament “) is quite possibly the most important document you will ever sign. Without a properly executed will you put your loved ones at […]
Read MoreBeware of Property Cyber Scammers
“Forewarned is Forearmed!” (Wise old saying) Why yet another warning about cyber-scams in the property industry? It’s because the hard fact is that the criminals are winning this war. In fact we are now reportedly the “second most targeted country […]
Read MoreProperty Transfers and Trust Account Theft: A R720, 000 Warning
“The issue of whether a conveyancing attorney receives the money as the agent of the seller, or of the purchaser, or of both, or as trustees for both to await the event, is a somewhat vexed question … and each […]
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You Signed a Property Sale Agreement, Can You Still Accept a Better Offer?
You put your property on the market and an acceptable but not-perfect offer come in. On the “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” principle you want to accept the offer even though it’s not ideal. […]
Read MoreSecurity Estates: Can You Fine Speedsters?
“When the [property owners] chose to purchase property within the estate and become members of the Association, they agreed to be bound by its rules” (extract from judgement below) There are many advantages to buying in a security estate or other […]
Read MoreYour Dog, Cat Or Cow (Even Your Bees) Could Cost You Millions
Our law will generally hold you liable for damages only if someone else can prove that you caused them loss/damage/injury through your “fault” (intent or negligence). That seems fair and logical – if it’s your fault, you pay. If […]
Read MoreProperty Buyers: Beware Unlawful Occupiers
PROPERTY BUYERS: BEWARE UNLAWFUL OCCUPIERS! “The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell” (Sir John Templeton, billionaire investor) You are it seems in good company […]
Read MoreProperty owners, buyers and agents: Check for the title deeds before 25 February!
You sell your house/apartment/office/factory/ plot of land. You instruct your conveyancer to pass transfer to the buyer, and start dreaming of what you will do with the proceeds. But then your lawyer says: “Hang on, you didn’t give me […]
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