Property

Category: Property

Mortgage stress – when you can’t pay your home loan

Life throws us obstacles now and then and it’s not uncommon for some of these to challenge our financial security.

Mortgage stress – when we struggle to meet our home loan repayments, probably affects more people than you think.

The law of easements

Many people have heard of an easement, but what is it?

In general terms, it is a right to use property belonging to someone else. Ordinarily, we think of property rights as sacred – why should anyone else be able to use my property? However, an easement is an exception to the usually sacred nature of property rights.

Buying and selling a property at the same time

Buying or selling property is widely accepted as one of life’s major stress factors. When you buy and sell property at the same time and try to complete both transactions together this can add considerably to the stress levels. This is known as a simultaneous settlement and is encountered often in the conveyancing process.

Family Law Property Settlements

Is a 50/50 split the starting point?

Following the breakdown of a marriage or de facto relationship, it is common for separated parties to be