A look at the state legislation affecting real estate enacted during the 2011-2012 legislative session, and federal legislation enacted in 2011.
As winter rapidly closes in, participants in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement have started looking for new digs. Rather than the icy and windswept public parks that were the home of the movement at its inception, OWSers now plan on occupying foreclosed homes. By mid-December, the movement projects they will have occupied more than [...]
The right to fair housing for all in America is a relatively new development in our nation’s history. Until the late 1950s, the code of ethics for the national real estate trade union insisted that real estate agents ought not advertise or sell homes in white neighborhoods to individuals of any other “race or nationality,” [...]
This article classifies participants in the real estate market, differentiating beneficial real estate participants from those that are harmful.
With the growing popularity of Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured financing, this article timely presents the requirements of the single-family mortgage insurance program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the FHA.
This article reviews the loan application process the transaction agent (TA) must guide his buyer through to ensure the buyer closes on the most advantageous loan terms available. Role of the transaction agent (TA) The ability of a buyer or an owner to obtain financing is an integral component of most real estate transactions, whether [...]
A digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
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