Matters to be considered in regard to your seller:

1. Are the Title Deeds and Mortgage Bonds of the seller to the property readily available?

This is a particularly relevant question where the seller has recently dealt with his property, in that he has registered a further bond or he has only recently taken transfer. It also is relevant if any of these documents are missing, damaged or unusable as same required additional actions from the conveyancer to replace the documents.

2. Is the seller authorised to instruct you to sell the property and to give you mandate in this regard? Always establish the identity of your seller.

2.1 Do this by conducting a deeds office search before attending to a seller for the first time to ensure that you have the correct particulars of the property and the person authorised to deal with and sell the property. If there appears any information on the deeds office printout that is not clear refer to your conveyancer for guidance.

 

2.2 If your seller is married, get documentary proof of the marriage regime applicable to his marriage.

 

Take note that all parties married in community of property needs to be assisted by their spouse in selling property that forms part of the joint estate.