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Bond registration made simple

10 November 2025,  Tazné Adams

Understand the key steps in registering your home loan, from approval to final registration.

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Can land affected by a servitude still be mortgaged?

29 August 2025,  Tasmia Ally

Discover how servitudes and mortgage bonds can legally co-exist on the same property.

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Why you should talk to your bank if you can no longer afford your bond payment

22 November 2022

For many home owners, the economic pinch is an everyday reality. Add to this rising interest rates which in turn... push up monthly bond payments, and you may easily find yourself in trouble with making your monthly payment. Beware the danger as you can end up losing your home if you don’t take steps to remedy the situation.

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Don’t lose your title deed!

20 October 2022,  Tazné Adams

For home owners it is often an important milestone the day they have paid of their bond. This is followed... by the bank releasing the title deed to the owner. But what happens when the owner wants to sell the property but cannot find the original title deed the bank gave back. 

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The difference between a bond registration attorney and a bond cancellation attorney

19 July 2022,  Tazné Adams

When querying the cancellation of your bond, you may find that the transferring attorney then refers you to the bond... cancellation attorney. To better understand the process, here is an explanation of the number of attorneys involved in the transfer of a property, and what the role of each is.

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Can you avoid bond cancellation costs?

08 February 2022,  Tazné Adams

When your property is in the market and you cancel your bond, is there any way to avoid the bank’s... cancellation fee? 

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What are the legal costs involved in buying a property?

10 August 2021,  Natalie Steenkamp

My wife and I are considering buying a house. This is a big decision for us and we want to... make sure we are financially prepared for all the costs and expenses involved in doing so. I understand that in addition to the purchase price there may also be additional attorney costs I would need to factor in. Can you explain how this will work and how I can budget for such costs?

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