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Property laws must be reformed now
AllAfrica.com - Africa
"Imagine a country where the law that governs property rights is so deficient that nobody can easily identify who owns what, addresses cannot be systematically verified, and people cannot be made to pay their debts."
AllAfrica.com

New law reins in mortgage brokers
The Australian - Australia
Home loan borrowers who deal with a mortgage broker will now get better protection under new laws that came into force in NSW yesterday.
The Australian

Owners fight to save holiday homes
Sunday Times - South Africa
The owners of beach cottages built on a stretch of pristine Eastern Cape coastline are to go to court this month to prevent their holiday homes being torn down.
Sunday Times

Community spirit is key
The Scotsman - Scotland
... We are seeing not just the evolution of contract law and property rights, but the accelerating oblivion of local government.
The Scotsman

Lenderlive and Guardian mortgage documents
TMCnet - USA
LenderLive enables mortgage lenders to seamlessly request and receive closing documents through a full interface between its proprietary mortgage technology solution and Guardian Mortgage Documents' (GMD) Next Generation Forms Engine (NGFE).
TMCNet

Writing the rules to govern the cosmos
Christian Science Monitor - USA
Where mankind may go, lawyers are quick to follow - and futuristic as it may seem, some are busily writing the laws they hope will ultimately govern the universe.
Christian Science Monitor

Black buyers dominate residential market
NetAssets - South Africa
The black middle class and black elite have emerged as a major factor in the residential property market and, in some suburbs, one out of every two properties is purchased by this sector.
NetAssets

Invaders may have to pack their bags
The Witness - South Africa
Thousands of illegal land invaders in Mangethe on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast might get their marching orders from the Durban High court on Friday after a seven-year battle between land owners and the invaders.
The Witness