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02 December 2004
This week: Goodbye feudalism, hello feuds, restrictions on boom gates and demand outstrips supply in housing market.Threatened homes
02 December 2004
A Newlands man has started a website to name and shame greedy developers and architects responsible for offensive structures.Land draft policy penalises
09 December 2004
When the City of Cape Town sells off unwanted council property, previously disadvantaged people will pay much less than white males, according to a new draft policy.Jhb Deeds Office delays
09 December 2004
A letter from the acting registrar of deeds to Sophia de Klerk, the chairperson of the Property Law Sub Committee of the Johannesburg Attorneys Association (JAA).E-system by 2006
09 December 2004
England's Land Registry expects to pilot a full e-conveyancing system in 2006, chief executive Peter Collis told delegates in Birmingham.Web Bytes 020
09 December 2004
This week: Estate agents get clobbered, stealing houses and paperless mortgages.Sectional mortgage bonds
09 December 2004
Does a sectional mortgage bond have to be lodged for endorsement in respect of the release of a portion of the common property being transferred asks the SA Deeds Journal?Office of Fair Trading
09 December 2004
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate the way property searches are conducted in England after rececieving complaints from property search companies.Estate agent survey
15 December 2004
An interesting survey has revealed that South Africa's estate agency industry is not being overrun by inexperienced "newbies".Cession of exclusive use areas
15 December 2004
In Cession of exclusive use areas, in the October 2004 SA Deeds Journal, Allen West dispels the uncertainty caused by section 27(4)(a) of the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986.