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Conveyancing
Kenyan conveyancing and property transactions: title searches at Ardhi House, land control board consent, stamp duty and valuation, sale agreements and completion documents, transfer and registration, rates and rent clearance certificates, leases, sectional titles and owners corporations, and common defects that delay a purchase. The guides follow the transaction from first inspection to registration, identify the consents and payments involved, and explain the due diligence a buyer or lender should complete before money is committed.
Land Control Board Consent in Kenya
A neighbour mentions that the sale of a farm in Machakos must first go before the Land Control Board, and the seller waves the…
Read the noteTitle Searches at Ardhi House, Kenya
The seller has shown a clean title deed in a plastic folder, and it looks reassuring. A deed is only paper until the register…
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