'With a verbal agreement you have nothing but air.' (Author and entrepreneur Robert Ringer) 2026 opened with positive signals for our property market after last year’s encouraging GDP forecasts, a credit-rating upgrade and a series of interest rate cuts boosting access to bond finance. All the signs point to a promising year for buyers, sellers and homeowners. But a recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment is a sharp reminder that getting the legalities wrong and in part

'My word is my bond.' (Once the motto of 16th-century merchants, adopted by ’90s hip-hop artists and now tossed around by duelling...

'A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on' (Samuel Goldwyn) Perhaps you are a seller marketing your property through an...