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Property Law


Property Law is the area of law that governs the various forms of ownership in property, for example: fixed property such as a house or building.

The most common way of acquiring a real right of ownership infixed property is through the registration of transfer in the Deeds Office which occurs pursuant to the conclusion of a deed of sale entered into between a seller and a purchaser.

Conveyancers are appointed by the seller to attend to the transfer of the fixed property, and the registration of the deed of transfer at the Deeds Office. The Conveyancer will also deal with transfer duties, VAT payable, payment of the bond registration costs, estate agent's commission, the payment of the purchase price, etc.

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Deeds Office shutdown hits seller, estate agents

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Mpofu and wife get order to eject sister-in-law

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SCA rejects application to have property sale overturned

A man who owes Standard Bank more than R3m on his bond and had his home sold, lost his SCA bid to set aside the sale and the subsequent transfer of the property to a new owner. Dayalan Munsami was aggrieved that his Johannesburg multi-million-rand mansion was sold for R360 000 at a public auction.





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