Convey
Budget 2017
23 February 2017
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has tabled a generally favourable budget for property, by raising the Transfer duty threshold from R750 000 to R900 000.Web Bytes - 618
23 February 2017
This week: TPN Vacancy Survey Q3 2016; new developments set to outperform pre-owned homes in 2017; and the good, the bad and the budget.Reasons for scepticism
23 February 2017
UK: Digital optimists have welcomed an overdue development that could make paperless conveyancing a reality after false starts. But there are reasons to be sceptical.Upfront
02 March 2017
UK: A look at why identifying client at the start of a transaction, in a way which can be relied upon by all others could speed up property transactions.Web Bytes - 619
02 March 2017
This week: how municipal rates are worked out and what they are used for; credit and mortgage advances; and the property market enters a period of slower growth.LEAD Eviction seminar
09 March 2017
Cilna Steyn will be presenting LSSA (LEAD) seminars on how to simplify the eviction process and other aspects of general landlord-tenant dispute resolution.New procedure
09 March 2017
Wiseman Bhuqa outlines the new procedure for opening a township register in terms of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality Land Use Management Bylaw.Web Bytes - 620
09 March 2017
This week: 'Hive living' increasingly popular; fears over property bill implications; a 'stabilising' mortgage market and Cape Town’s FDI strategy good news for property.Ambitious e-reforms
16 March 2017
UK: The Conveyancing Association has outlined ambitious e-reforms with a digital focus central to improving homebuyers’ experience.SA Deeds Journal
16 March 2017
A note from Wiseman Bhuqa, editor of the South African Deeds Journal (SADJ) about a change to its distribution strategy and plans to publish it as an online publication.
