Core Registration Process

Defined as Registration Process A

Core Process Summary

1. Housing Authority generates sales agreement and reviews all supporting documents and data for completeness

2. Engage beneficiary to sign agreement and provide any missing or poor quality supporting documents including copies of ID documents and marriage certificates

3. Housing Authority countersigns the sale agreement and forwards signed sale agreement and supporting documents to conveyancer

4. Conveyancer prepares transfer documents

5. Conveyancer returns the transfer documents to the Housing Authority for signature

6. Housing authority signs the transfer documents

7. Conveyancer obtains rates clearance certificate, SARS transfer duty exemption

8. Conveyancer lodges at the Deeds office (see Contracting with conveyancers)

9. Deed offices process lodgement and issues deed which is returned to the Conveyancer

10. Conveyancer returns the deed to the Housing Authority

11. Housing Authority notes deed issue for delivery tracking and provides deed to Owner (see Title deed handover)

Many beneficiaries found it confusing that they were required to sign a sale agreement. Some were concerned that were being tricked into selling their properties. When it was made clear that it was the housing authority who was selling the property to them, some were concerned that they would have to pay for the property.

To avoid these misunderstanding it may be easier to refer to the sale agreement as a deed of transfer, or simply an agreement to transfer.