An industry guidance article for conveyancers, property professionals, and finance partners With specialist contribution from Municipal Debt Specialist (MDS) – Livanos Executive Summary High municipal debt has become a growing
“Good rules make good neighbours.” (Old proverb, updated) The many benefits of living in a residential complex come, naturally enough, with obligations as well as rights. With its innate potential
“It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can’t fly away.” (English novelist Anthony Trollope) With interest
Summer’s here with its blue skies, happy holidaymakers from around the country and the world, and, as always, an upsurge in demand for houses. If you’re going to capitalise on
“Don’t wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait.” (Will Rogers) Spring is in the air and, as the annual uptick in property sales kicks in, let’s address
What happens when you want to mortgage a property, but it is already subject to a registered servitude? Can both rights co-exist on the same piece of land, or does
“All that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity.” (William Shakespeare, in Hamlet) Master’s Office records suggest that less than a third of us leave behind a will
When buying or selling a property in South Africa, one of the critical steps in the transfer process is ensuring that the property complies with various safety and municipal standards.
Parents and other family members often bequeath immovable property to their children or grandchildren, or even related family members or third parties. But what is the position when the testator
