Estate agents can, and should, only sell and market properties where they have secured a mandate, and which mandate should be confirmed in writing. Without a mandate in place, an agent has no claim for commission – even if the…
Sale Agreement remains valid Agreements concluded before the death of either party to a sale agreement, where transfer hasn't taken place yet, remain valid and enforceable. The death of a party would however cause inevitable delays and in some instances…
For the second year in a row, AMC Hunter Inc has come out tops in the ABSA annual awards for top performing conveyancers in Kwa-Zulu Natal, with over 100 local conveyancers on the ABSA panel. AMC Hunter Inc also regularly…
In terms of Sec 35 of the Income Tax Act, the purchaser of a property (usually the conveyancer on his behalf) is obliged to pay over to SARS, 5% of the gross purchase price on transfer of the property. In…
In the matter of Phepeng and Another v Estate Late Ame Combrinck and Others (792/2017) [2017] ZAFSHC 54, a property was sold ‘subject to a loan offer, quotation and pre-agreement’ from a bank. The purchaser received a loan offer from…
AMC HUNTER INC will be celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2017. In anticipation thereof, we have prepared a short video giving some background on the law firm and our various offices.
It makes sense to give one agency the sole mandate to sell and market your property. A sole mandate is an agreement whereby the agency undertakes to actively market and sell a property, to the exclusion of other agencies, for…
Property Owners, Developers and Home Owners' Associations can be fined R10m or face imprisonment for non-compliance
Agents spend much time marketing and advertising property, which eventuates in the signing of a sale agreement – only to find that on closer scrutiny, the agreement was not worth the paper it was written on, and many thousands of…
Deshini Moodley who attends to the registration of ABSA bonds allocated to AMC Hunter Inc., have consistently scored a whopping 100% performance over a 7 month period, making AMC Hunter Inc. one of the top performing ABSA panel conveyancers for…