THE EMERGENCY SUPLEMENTARY BUDGET – HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE PROPERTY SECTOR?
There were no surprises in Minister Mboweni’s supplementary budget speech delivered today, 24 June 2020. Tax rates, transfer duty and ...
COURT ORDERS DEEDS OFFICE TO WORK
The Cape Town High Court has today, 19 June 2020, ordered that the Cape Town Deeds Office must continue with ...
ATTORNEYS TO TAKE DEEDS OFFICE TO COURT
By now you will all have heard that the Cape Town Deeds Office has closed yet again, because one of ...
YET ANOTHER DROP IN INTEREST RATES!
The repo rate (rate at which the Reserve bank lends money to the retail banks) has been reduced by yet ...
CAPE TOWN DEEDS OFFICE LODGEMENT UPDATE
We have great news! The Cape Town Deeds Office appears to have resolved their issues and will be accepting lodgements ...
Deeds Office Update – Lodgements suspended until further notice
We have just learnt from Cape Town Attorneys’ Association, that ALL FURTHER LODGEMENTS of deeds are to be suspended as ...
MY BOND HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE BANK! IS THE DEED OF SALE STILL BINDING?
We have now had a few transfers where the banks have withdrawn bonds that were approved prior to lockdown because ...
DEEDS OFFICE OPERATIONS – UPDATE
Good News from the Deeds Office! We have just received correspondence from the Deputy Register of Deeds confirming that the ...
DEEDS OFFICE OPERATIONS
The Deeds Offices around the country should start work again on Wednesday, 13 May 2020. In their circular sent out ...
POSITIVE NEWS REGARDING BOND APPROVALS DURING LOCKDOWN
Since we posted our Newsflash recently, introducing the “Photo Sale Agreement” method, we had a number of estate agents enquiring ...