PROPERTY RELATED ARTICLES

Who is involved in the bond registration process? The seller an estate agent the buyer a transferring attorney (appointed by the seller to transfer the property to the buyer's name) a bond attorney (appointed by the bank receiving the bond) a cancellation attorney (appointed by the bank cancelling the seller's bond) Note: The same attorney could deal with more than one or all of the above transactions....

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An onerous title deed condition that isn’t discovered in time could delay or prevent the progress of a property development resulting in serious cost implications for the developers. Alternatively, such an omission could be costly when buying or selling property. The deeds registration offices had a system whereby deeds were lodged in duplicate and the Deeds Office would endorse changes of ownership, caveats, interdicts, mortgage bonds, and servitudes against the title deeds. The...

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A property valuation is an estimated market value of a property, determined using a sophisticated statistical calculation. An accurate and detailed property valuation is sometimes called a CAV (Computer Assisted Valuation). Property valuation methods vary but the common denominator remains current, reliable and relevant comparable sales in the street, sectional scheme, block or neighbourhood on which to base your property valuation.Whilst t...

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Empower yourself by keeping track of your property's value and the buying and selling trends in your suburb. Also, make the right decisions when putting in an offer on your next home or lodging a municipal rates objection. There are over six million properties for which we can get a property valuation. Our property valuation provides the following information: ...

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When you buy a property, you need to get the Title Deed transferred into your name. This deed constitutes proof that you are the owner of the property. You will need the assistance of a conveyancer to help you transfer the Title Deed into your name. You will only become the owner of the property when the Registrar of Deeds signs the transfer. A copy of the title deed is kept at the Deeds Office and can be obtained via ...

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The following information at the Deeds Registry can be obtained via mydeedsearch.co.za: The registered owner of a property The conditions affecting such property Interdicts and contracts in respect of the property Purchase price of the property Rules of a sectional title scheme A copy of an antenuptial contract (ANC), d...

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Now you can track the progress of a property or bond registration at the Deeds Office. Our online property registration tracking service allows you to find out exactly where in the registration process a property is. Too often attorneys keep you in the dark about the progress of the registration. Now you can also keep an eye on the registration process....

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A lot of companies in South Africa finds that their company has been de-registered at CIPC (previously CIPRO) due to new regulations that came info effect a couple of years ago. To get your company re-instated requires a search against all 10 Deeds Offices showing whether the company owns any property or not. We have helped dozens of companies with this information. We have a very good relationship with the Deeds Office allowing us to obtain inf...

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mydeedsearch has been successfully helping expats in Ireland to obtain information from the Deeds Office to aid them in getting housing subsidies in Ireland. Basically the government in Ireland requires you to provide proof that you do not own any property in your land of birth. Trying to get this from the Deeds Office is a near impossible task if you are overseas. We have successfully obtained...

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Have you ever wanted to know how many houses were sold in certain suburb? We have that information available. Now you can request a TRANSFER SEARCH which will show you the sales of properties (incl sale price and sale date) for a year (or even longer). You can use this to determine the value of your home or to assess the growth of property in your area. This is the same information banks, valuers and ...

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