Defined as Registration Process A
Housing Authority generates sales agreement and reviews all supporting documents and data for completeness
Engage beneficiary to sign agreement and provide any missing or poor quality supporting documents including copies of ID documents and marriage certificates
Housing Authority countersigns the sale agreement and forwards signed sale agreement and supporting documents to conveyancer
Conveyancer prepares transfer documents
Conveyancer returns the transfer documents to the Housing Authority for signature
Housing authority signs the transfer documents
Conveyancer obtains rates clearance certificate, SARS transfer duty exemption
Conveyancer lodges at the Deeds office (see Contracting with conveyancers)
Deed offices process lodgement and issues deed which is returned to the Conveyancer
Conveyancer returns the deed to the Housing Authority
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.