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Newsflash | BE READY TO OPEN YOUR DOORS: YOUR REQUIRED POLICY
In anticipation that estate agents may commence normal businesses operations in the very near future, we share a generic draft AGENCY COVID POLICY document with the relevant questionnaires . You can adapt it as necessary for your agency, so that
Read MoreNewsflash | MOVING HOMES, PREMISES OR BUSINESSES: REGULATIONS ADAPTED
Regulations published this afternoon by virtue of Government Gazette 43320 have made the movement of persons and businesses easier than the previous regulations allowed for during Level 4. Moving across provincial, metropolitan, and district boundaries is now allowed, once-off, no matter
Read MoreVideo | COVID-19 The Property Market in Distress – Carte Blanche
Already in freefall before the COVID-19 lockdown, the property market has been all but frozen by the temporary closing of the Deeds Office. The unintended consequences have been dire for some home owners and tenants: double rent payments, an inability
Read MoreVideo | The impact of the lockdown on your deals
Liezl Solomon and David Thompson together with our STBB Gauteng Team discuss the impact of the State of Disaster on Contracts, with specific applications to Offers to Purchase. Our team offers advise on how to secure your deals, manage suspensive
Read MoreNewsflash | Update on Conveyancing issues
The Cape Town Attorneys Association, referring to a note from the Chief Registrar of Deeds, confirmed that various communications have been addressed to the office of the Minister of Justice, motivating the re-opening of the Deeds Office as an essential
Read MoreVIDEO | Why Does the Seller Appoint The Transferring Attorney
In property transfers the seller nominates the transferring attorney/conveyancer who acts on his behalf yet the buyer pays the costs and has no representation as such. Why is this so, is it a disconnect and “unfair” or understandable and justified?
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