Payment of Increased Levies on the Extension of the Floor Area of a Section...
Practitioners are often confronted with the question pertaining to the date from which an owner of a section, who has extended the floor area...
Legal Certainty for a Right of Habitatio
Regulation 73(2) of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 (the Act) provides that a diagram is a requirement for deeds creating or defining...
Payment of Increased Levies on the Extension of the Floor Area of a Section...
Practitioners are often confronted with the question pertaining to the date from which an owner of a section, who has extended the floor area...
Property Descriptions in Deeds and Documents Post the Amendments to Regulations 29 and 30...
Regulation 30 of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937(DRA) has been amended and prescribes the way in which shares in immovable property must...
Conveyancing Guideline of Fees – 1st August 2025
CONVEYANCING: CONVENTIONAL DEEDS (ACT 47/1937)
Conveyancing fees are negotiable. These are merely guidelines and not minimum or maximum fees.
ContentsGUIDELINE OF FEESCONVEYANCING: CONVENTIONAL DEEDS (ACT 47/1937)CONVEYANCING:...
The Community Schemes Ombud Service Consolidated Practice Directives 1 of 2025
The Practice Directive is designed to ensure the proper administration and governance of various community schemes, including sectional title schemes, homeowners’ associations, housing co-operatives,...
Lapsing of a Real Right of Extension Which Has Been Subdivided – Conveyancing Update
Section 25(4)(b) of the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 (the Act) provides for the subdivision and cession of a real right of extension,...
Relocation : Deeds Registry South Gauteng at Johannesburg Feedback
Feedback on Conveyancers Committee Meeting with Management (14th July 2025)
Proposed new Deeds Office Layout:
Ground Floor: Information section
1st Floor: Archive, Server, IT section
2nd & 3rd...
Life Rights in Terms of Act 65 of 1988 – Conveyancing News
Life rights that are acquired in retirement villages are normally subject to the Housing Schemes for Retirement Persons Act, No 65 of 1988. The...
Johannesburg Deeds Registry (South Gauteng) – Feedback 7th July
Feed back on meeting with management 7 July 2025:
1. Building relocation
The tender process has been finalised and the successful bidder will be notified shortly...
Suffixes For Trust Registrations – Conveyancing News
Letters of Authority issued in respect of trust registrations must, with effect from 15 September 2014, in terms of Chief Master's Directive 7 of...
South Gauteng Deeds Office Remains Open For Business
The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development has noted with concern media reports that the South Gauteng Deeds Office closed. This is despite...
