Legal & Compliance
These posts explain the laws and regulations that guide property. Learn about contracts, zoning, tenant rights, and compliance to make informed decisions when buying, selling, or renting.
The ‘clear-cut’ eviction: a rare event?
No matter how clear-cut the facts of any matter appear in an eviction case, there…
15 December 2020
Avoid ‘double-commission’ disputes
Sometimes property buyers turn to estate agents directly and pay them to scout for suitable…
10 December 2020
Simplify estate agent qualifications for transformation
Rebosa calls on theMinister of Human Settlements for an urgent revamp and simplification of the…
3 December 2020
Fronting will land you in quicksand
Honesty is the best policy for estate agencies when it comes to B-BBEE compliance as…
3 December 2020
Reserve Fund compliance now urgent for ST schemes
Sectional Title schemes that are not yet compliant with the reserve fund provisions of the…
3 December 2020
Are the PPA draft regulations on par?
What do the draft regulations under the Property Practitioners Act say about trust accounts, FFC…
5 November 2020
Electronic signatures now legal for home sales?
A recent Eastern Cape High Court decision (Borcherds v Duxbury) has focused the law on…
5 November 2020
Fear of expropriation – FOE?
Earlier this month, the Expropriation Bill was approved by Cabinet and sent to Parliament for…
22 October 2020
POPI Act and privacy in community housing schemes
Community housing schemes have just a few months left to ensure that their record-keeping systems…
22 October 2020
Popular clause puts buyer at risk
Did you know that the popular sale condition, ‘subject to the successful conclusion of the…
15 October 2020
