Legal and Property Advice from the Professionals
This week the Property Poser panel looks at the ramifications of a situation where the conveyancing attorney paid out an estate agent’s commission before he was entitled to do so. A reader writes that he paid a deposit into the attorney’s trust account, which was earmarked for transfer costs. The attorney instead used the money to pay the agent’s commission and, when confronted by the … [Read more...]
The question posed to our panel this week revolves around estate agents managing rental contracts. The reader would like to know whether he, as lessor, may terminate a tenant's contract and then continue with the same tenant under a new lease agreement that excludes the agent. He was told by the letting agent that only the tenant may terminate the lease agreement. Also, if the tenant and … [Read more...]
Ons paneel het ’n opvolgvraag na aanleiding van ’n onlangse artikel oor verhurings ontvang – dié keer van ’n verhuringsagent. Die agent sê nadat die oorspronklike termyn van een van sy huurkontrakte verval het, het die huurder en huiseienaar ’n privaatkontrak vir ’n verlenging gesluit. Hy vergelyk dit met wanneer ’n kliënt agter ’n agent se rug ’n koopkontrak met … [Read more...]
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