Property News - July 2018

Welcome to our Property Investment Newsletter, the aim of which is to keep you up to date and informed as to the most recent property trends and news.

Please feel free to contact us with regards to all your Residential, Commercial and Industrial sales, lettings and property management requirements. We look forward to being of service to you!

Articles

SA Sectional Title - When must the body corporate pay for my repairs?

Owners in sectional title schemes often think that the body corporate is automatically responsible to repair damage to their section if the damage is the result of some failure of the common property.

South Africa - Sectional title alterations that don’t require body corporate approval

When doing renovations to your section (generally the interior of your living area) in a sectional title scheme, it is often difficult to know which works you need to get approval for.

SA Mortgages - Do you carry on paying your bond instalments after you have sold your property?

We are often asked by Sellers if they have to continue servicing their bond once they have signed a Sale Agreement to sell their property over which the bank has a bond registered.

Legal Update - What happens if you lose the Title Deed to your Property?

If you purchased a property and you obtained bond finance from a Bank, in order to pay for some or all of the property, the Title Deed would have been retained by the Bank for safe keeping, as security against the loan.

Residential Research - Global House Price Index Results for Q1 2018

The latest results show Hong Kong holds the top spot once more, Europe’s rally continues and globally, the outliers are diminishing as property price performance converges.