VVD Property Law Podcasts: Recent Episodes

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1. My partner and I are buying a piece of land on which we would like to build a factory for the new business we intend starting. Should I use the company, we intend using for the business, to buy the land as we own?

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1. My partner and I would like to buy a piece of agricultural land with a size of 3ha. Is the Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act relevant?

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1. Is an oral agreement of sale of land valid? Is an agreement of sale signed without any witness is valid?

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1. Tax payable where shares in company owning land are sold

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1. How can three transfers cost less than one

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1. Who is responsible for damage caused to the property between the signature date and the registration date

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1. When can I as the purchaser take occupation of the property? Who has to evict the tenant if he refuses to move

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1. I do not have the funds available to pay the municipal clearance figures. What can I do

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1. Is life insurance compulsory for a loan

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1. What if there is a shortfall on the seller’s finances

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1. Can I make a further loan to pay the transfer or bond costs or to pay the deposit required by the bank which granted me a loan for the purchase price

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32 Is a one-page contract of sale containing only the details of the seller, the purchaser, the property and the purchase price valid

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31 Do I have to cater for the right of exclusive use in the contract of sale

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1. Should I use the old or the new company name for the contract of sale?

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1. Sale of land and the NHBRC?

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1. Can foreigners buy and sell fixed properties in South Africa?

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1. House bought after marriage in COP. Spouse to sign?

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1. Calculation of the VAT amount included in the purchase price and related matters

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1. Can a house in a deceased estate be sold?

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1. Can a property subject to a usufruct be sold?

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1. Community of property excluded re house. Can only one spouse sign?

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1. Bank has attached house. Can it still be sold?

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1. Can a trust with minor beneficiaries sell a house?

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1. No transfer duty on movables? save R560’ on a transaction of R4m

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1. Parties signed two separate documents. Valid agreement?

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1. The seller is in Australia. Can he sign the contract of sale there?

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1. Is a voetstoots clause enforceable?

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1. What estate agents should know about the sale of land and CGT

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1. What estate agents need to know about VAT

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1. Is the sale of a fixed property subject to a usufruct possible?

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1. What is a suretyship?

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1. How to deal with competing claims for commission by estate agents?

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1. Agent's commission claims on cancelled transactions

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1. Can you transfer a house without a COC?

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1. Two purchasers want to buy your client’s property

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1. Four purchasers, bond granted in the name of one of them only. What now?

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1. What is CIPC?

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1. Sale of a portion of agricultural land_ big headache!

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1. Sale of land in instalments - beware!

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What are “loaded deals” (Volker Krüger)

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Husband wants to change bond application and include his wife (Volker Krüger)

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1. Contract of sale with a typical condition precedent that the purchaser has to obtain a loan within 30 days. The purchaser will not be in time, but wants to proceed?

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1  Is a contract of sale signed by the seller who is not the owner of the property valid? (Volker Krüger)