Mortgages, Inspections

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Hong Kong (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 1/9/2024

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER HONG KONG LAW - Introduction - Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities over the world. Due to historical reasons, almost all lands in Hong Kong are leasehold...more

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Hong Kong (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 2/13/2023

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER HONG KONG LAW - Introduction - Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities over the world. Due to historical reasons, almost all lands in Hong Kong are leasehold...more

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Australia (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 1/6/2023

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER AUSTRALIAN LAW - The majority of land in Australia consists of freehold title. Registration of ownership of freehold title is recorded using the Torrens system. The Torrens system...more

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Hong Kong (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 1/7/2022

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER HONG KONG LAW - Introduction - Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities over the world. Due to historical reasons, almost all lands in Hong Kong are leasehold...more

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Australia (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 12/6/2021

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER AUSTRALIAN LAW - The majority of land in Australia consists of freehold title. Registration of ownership of freehold title is recorded using the Torrens system. The Torrens system...more

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Hong Kong (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 2/8/2021

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER HONG KONG LAW - Introduction - Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities over the world. With very little available land, real estate developers tend to build...more

Consumer Lending Laws May Be A Trap For Even The Wary

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP on 10/26/2020

It is no surprise to anyone involved in consumer lending that laws designed to protect consumers from inception of the loan relationship through collection of the loan following default vary greatly from state to state and...more

VA Temporarily Suspends Property Inspection Requirements for Loans with Cares Act Forbearance

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/9/2020

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued Loan Guaranty Circular 26-20-21 to announce the temporary suspension of property inspections for loans subject to a CARES Act forbearance. ...more

North Carolina Stay-at-Home Order Issued: What It May Mean For Real Estate-Related Activities

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/28/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: On the heels of the enactment of a similar order in Mecklenburg County, which went into effect Thursday, March 26 at 8:00 a.m.i, the Governor of the State of North Carolina has enacted a statewide...more

Buying And Selling Real Estate In Hong Kong (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 2/29/2020

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER HONG KONG LAW - Introduction - Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities over the world. With very little available land, real estate developers tend to build...more

Buying And Selling Real Estate In Czech Republic (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 2/1/2020

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER CZECH REPUBLIC LAW - I. Types of Real Property Transactions a) Purchase of an undeveloped plot of land b) Purchase of a developed plot of land c) Purchase of a building...more

Anatomy of a Real Estate Transaction—Financing

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC on 10/28/2019

Financing arrangements are like the themes and tonality in a musical composition. Different aspects of the financing process occur at different points in the real estate transaction. Yet, most real estate buyers depend...more

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Greece

International Lawyers Network on 3/2/2019

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER GREEK LAW - 1. PROCEDURE – MAIN STEPS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION UNDER GREEK LAW. Acquisition of real estate property in Greece includes mainly the following steps: •...more

CFPB Issues RESPA and Marketing Services Agreements Compliance Bulletin

Stinson LLP on 10/14/2015

On October 8, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a compliance bulletin concerning marketing services agreements (MSAs) under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). RESPA - RESPA...more

Federal Courts Rejecting Hyper-Technical Claims on Reg X Notice of Error/Request for Information Provisions

Burr & Forman on 9/29/2015

In Russell v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, No. 14-61977-CIV, 2015 WL 5029346, at *5 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 26, 2015), United States District Court Judge Beth Bloom issued litigious borrowers their latest setback in a large scale...more

Foreclosure Tip #1: Inspections – Do It Before You Own It

Winstead PC on 4/17/2013

In some parts of the country, a recovering local economy means the special asset (or problem loan) groups are reducing staff, as loan production groups come back to life. Leaving the special asset group under-staffed could...more

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