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Secure Your Home For The Holidays

It’s that time of year when many people breathe a sigh of relief, pack their bags and head off for a well-earned holiday. Not-so-incidentally, it also happens to be the time of year that house break-ins spike. So what can you ...

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Not The Market I Had In Mind

Here’s a question – is there a set of minimum requirements for an event to be considered a “Christmas market”? I ask because over the weekend I went to buy groceries and noticed that there was a market taking place. I think the ...

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What About Tax On Property Loans In Trusts?

The sale of property to a trust remains a popular method of accumulating assets, particularly in families. However, trusts cannot always afford to pay a seller immediately. The future payment to a seller is then facilitated ...

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Make sure you have a signed photo record of your property when your tenant moves in

Advice to landlords has in the last few years been particularly prolific and has definitely contributed to the growing interest in property as an investment.

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When Body Corporate Answers to Homeowners’ Association

The Body Corporate (BC) of a sectional title property which is located inside a private estate, answers to the Home Owners’ Association (HOA). Reason being that the HOA is the controlling body of a private estate. Among many ...

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The Ins and Outs of Capital Gains Tax

There appears to be a lot of confusion as to when Capital Gains Tax (CGT) applies. While it doesn't apply to every property transaction, it is important for sellers to remain well informed and understand the implications ...

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Buy-To-Let Investors Beware

We recently received a letter from one of our readers asking about the pitfalls of renting out a property they had bought, before transfer had taken place. In other words, the buyer would be leasing the home to a third party ...

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Inspect Before You Sign

Moving into a new home is supposed to be an exciting event and, for many buyers, it is often the happy result of a long and arduous house hunt. But what if your happy ending is just the beginning of a nightmare? Eric Bell of ...

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Move Over Nostradamus

We’ve reached that point in the year where writers all seem to do one of two things: write open letters; or write about what they hope to see in the next 365 days. I am too lazy to write an open letter. Perhaps “lazy” is not ...