Statistics
Survey 2010
The long awaited 2010 GhostDigest Survey into Conveyancing in South Africa has arrived and is ready for you to complete if you missed the earlier mailshot.
Cape Town 2010
Responses from 169 law firms, representing 218 conveyancing partners and 396 conveyancing secretaries were received.
PE and East London 2010
Responses from 46 law firms, representing 67 conveyancing partners and 146 conveyancing secretaries were received.
Pietermaritzburg 2010
Responses from 29 law firms, representing 39 conveyancing partners and 100 conveyancing secretaries were received.
Durban 2010
Responses from 62 law firms, representing 74 conveyancing partners and 122 conveyancing secretaries were received.
Bloemfontein 2010
Responses from 20 law firms, representing 22 conveyancing partners and 39 conveyancing secretaries were received.
Conveyancing Survey 2010 Results
The process of unpacking the results of the GhostDigest survey of the conveyancing profession has ended. This week sees the comparative summary of all the regions and conclusions, findings and opinions compiled in a Word document.
Polokwane 2010
An anaemic response from 8 law firms, representing 6 conveyancing partners and 12 conveyancing secretaries were received.
Potchefstroom 2010
Responses from 15 law firms, representing 14 conveyancing partners and 25 conveyancing secretaries were received.
Pretoria 2010
Responses from 118 law firms, representing 172 conveyancing partners and 284 conveyancing secretaries were received.
Figures
Two graphs graphically illustrating the change in the value and number of bonds and transfers registered over the last few years until March this year.
Survey II
Over three years have passed since the first conveyancing survey, we thought it was about time the GhostDigest conducted another one …
D O backlog statistics
A graph showing the total volumes outstanding for deeds office document copies.
Transfer duty collections
The state has raised R5,8 bn in the first 10 months of the 2006/2007 tax year.
Deeds Office registrations
A table showing the number of registrations and recordals in the nine deeds registries.
Backlog statistics
A table showing Deeds Office document copy backlogs for the five Deeds Offices with document copy facilities.
Claims breakdown
Most claims against attorneys arise from litigation and the prescription of MVA matters.
Main survey results
Have a look at the results from our survey, which we ran over May, they make interesting reading.
Johannesburg - West
Responses from 24 law firms, representing 59 partners, of whom 41 are conveyancing partners were received.
Johannesburg - South
Tying with East London, Johannesburg - South had responses from 4 law firms, representing 6 partners, of whom 3 are conveyancing partners.
Pretoria
In equal first place with Cape Town, we had responses from 56 law firms, representing 208 partners, of whom 97 are conveyancing partners.
Port Elizabeth
Responses from 20 law firms, representing 76 partners, of whom 35 are conveyancing partners were received.
Pietermaritzburg
Responses from 17 law firms, representing 86 partners, of whom 36 are conveyancing partners were received.
Johannesburg - Sandton
Responses from 29 law firms, representing 223 partners, of whom 60 are conveyancing partners were received.
Durban
Responses from 21 law firms, representing 60 partners, of whom 28 are conveyancing partners were received.
Cape Town
Responses from 56 law firms, representing 298 partners, of whom 91 are conveyancing partners were received.
Bloemfontein
Responses from 9 law firms, representing 57 partners, of whom 13 are conveyancing partners were received.
Johannesburg - East
Responses from 12 law firms, representing 30 partners, of whom 16 are conveyancing partners were received.
George
Edging ahead of East London, responses from 5 law firms, representing 8 partners, of whom 7 are conveyancing partners were received.
East London
Responses from just 4 law firms, representing 13 partners, of whom 8 are conveyancing partners were received.
World wide boom
The property boom is a worldwide phenomenon and according to The Economist - "the biggest bubble in history".
Who gets what
Buying a house is an expensive exercise, the cost of the property notwithstanding, other costs are incurred. What are they and to whom do they go?
House price index
Recently The Economist released its house price index of 20 countries. We are second.
Comparative Transfer Costs
These graphs and tables compare transfer costs for South Africa, the UK, Australia and Canada.
The time it takes to transfer property
Comparisons are odious, but interesting. This graph compares the average length of time it takes to transfer property in a number of countries.
Comparative bond market share
This table shows the percentage share of the bond market that banks enjoyed from April 2002 to July 2003.
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