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What Is The Priority Between Registered Interests In Real Property

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Introduction to determining priorities
Generally, notwithstanding that a security interest has been granted, the lender must ensure that the security will grant it priority over unsecured creditors, liquidators or trustees in bankruptcy and other secured creditors who may have a security in the same asset.
Priority between mortgages over real property and between mortgages and other interests in real property (for example, leases) will be determined by the time of registration. This is explained in this guidance note.
By contrast, while priority between security interests in personal property will usually be achieved by registration, however, how priority is obtained will depend on the nature of the secured asset, the identity of the …show more content…

See s 56(2) of the Real Property Act 1886 (SA).
Priority agreements
Interest-holders can make private agreements between them in relation to priorities.
Commonly, in the case of mortgages, two or more mortgagees will enter into a priority deed agreeing contractually the order of payment of money from the sale of one or more securities. Such agreements are binding between the parties even if the priorities therein recorded are different to the priorities registered on title. It is useful to note that such a priority deed often simply reiterates the priorities as they existed as a matter of law (in which case the deed is, strictly speaking, unnecessary), but sometimes, the deed accords the first mortgage additional rights.
It is not unusual for a first registered mortgagee to refuse to permit the certificate of title of the security property to be used to enable a would-be registered second mortgagee to register its mortgage, unless that second mortgagee has first entered into a deed of priority with the first mortgagee making the priorities clear.
Occasionally, to encourage a second mortgagee to advance a sum of money to the mortgagor that it is in the first mortgagee's interests to see advanced (for example, funds necessary to complete a property development that will greatly increase the value of the security property), the first mortgagee will enter into a deed of priority with the second mortgagee according priority to the second

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