Real estate transactions

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Where to find it

Law Library — 2nd Floor Collection (2nd floor)

Call Number
KF665.Z9 B865 2014
Status
Available

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Summary

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Contents

American conveyancing and professional responsibility -- Real estate brokers -- Contract risk of loss and equitable conversion -- The statute of frauds in real property transactions -- Contract of sale conditions -- Remedies for breach of contract -- Closings : deeds and escrows -- Deed descriptions -- Recording acts -- Title searches, abstracts, title insurance, reforms, and Torrens laws -- Mortgage lenders and markets -- Junior liens and mezzanine finance -- Transfers of the mortgage -- Pre-foreclosure remedies -- Foreclosures -- Real estate in trouble -- Installment land sale contracts -- Real property owners and the Internal Revenue Code -- Real estate planning : investment strategy -- Partnership and limited liability companies -- Construction agreements and finance -- Environmental concerns in real estate transactions -- Commercial leases.

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