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September 2010 - DEVELOPERS, PROPERTY DEALERS, BUYERS, AGENTS, BUILDERS: NEW LAWS YOU NEED TO KNOW!

August 2010 - Property owners: manage your risk of personal injury claims

July 2010 - Baby boomers 65 soon

June 2010 - Levy and rental defaulters

May 2010 - Estate agents: protect your commission

April 2010 - Directors, reckless trading: "Honest Belief" irrelevant

March 2010 - Don't lose your house sale on a technicality!

February 2010 - Neighbour trouble: storm water floods

January 2010 - Sellers, watch out!

December 2009 - Don't score an own goal in 2010

November 2009 - Property tax gap act kicks in

October 2009 - Property tax gap widens

September 2009 - Watch this space for a property tax gap!

August 2009 - Bank won't give you a bond?

July 2009 - Unlawful occupiers

June 2009 - Property bargains in the offing

May 2009 - Retrenchment

April 2009 - Neighbours and property values

March 2009 - Your will - make sure it's valid!

February 2009 - Beware the verbal sale of land!

January 2009 - Buying on auction?

December 2008 - Property sellers - choose your own attorney!

November 2008 - Landlords beware

October 2008 - Buyer beware

September 2008 - House landlord / tenant?

August 2008 - Good news for commercial property investors!

July 2008 - Neighbours - what right do you have to see building plans?

June 2008 - Property deals with a trust?

May 2008 - Shooting to kill in self defence

April 2008 - Landlords - heed the tale

March 2008 - Rolling blackouts - What to do, who to sue?

February 2008 - Holiday homes and big tax savings (if you do it right)

January 2008 - Slippery floors - How many cleaners is enough?

December 2007 - Farmland Development - Opportunity knocking?

November 2007 - Options to purchase - check the payment provisions!

October 2007 - Smoke Alarm! Penalties Harsher, Net Wider

September 2007 - Beware The Revocable Bank Guarantee

August 2007 - Buyers of land beware - tax trap ahead!

July 2007 - CC members and personal liability - check your cheques

June 2007 - The bond clause that sank the sale.

May 2007 - Don't delay in claiming: time limitation clauses are valid

April 2007 - Late acceptance of an offer - can the cellar cancel?

March 2007 - The taxman cometh - small business tax amnesty deadline looms

February 2007 - Tax risks for trustees

January 2007 - Watch what suretyships you sign!

December 2006 - Registering a civil union? Fix the finances first!

November 2006 - Directors - decisions, decisions in difficult times

October 2006 - Nuisance neighbours

September 2006 - Trust assets - when are they at risk?

August 2006 - Alert to landlords - eviction process still a nightmare

July 2006 - Credit providers - register or regred!

June 2006 - Grey goods - retailers must disclose!

April 2006 - A room with(out) a view - your rights

May 2006 - Bondholders and landlords take heed - rates etc rank ahead of bonds

March 2006 - Foreign land ownership: check the residence status of the seller

February 2006 - Sectional title levies: pay them, or else!

January 2006 - Use your will power

 

2010-01-29 11:17:29am
Transfer Duty Exemption

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Slow paying tenants?

With the property market being so hard hit by the current economic crisis it is imperative for all of us to count every last cent. Property owners ...