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Real estate law governs the sale, lease, use, financing, and encumbrance of land, buildings, and fixtures. State real estate law regulates the sale of residential and commercial property, requiring and overseeing the licensing of all brokers, agents, and appraisers. Standard contract law applies to real estate contracts and listing agreements, but each state has real estate-specific provisions. State real estate laws also mandate that sellers provide a disclosure statement to potential buyers. These real estate law disclosure requirements vary substantially from state to state. The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, 42 U.S.C.S. 4852d, requires sellers and lessors of most housing built before 1978 to disclose all available records concerning lead-based paint to buyers and lessees at the time of the sale or lease.

Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C.S. §§ 3601-3631 (the Fair Housing Act), prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status and disability. The Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act of 1974, 12 U.S.C.S. § 2601 et seq., requires all federally insured lending institutions to provide buyers with a good faith estimate of the details of all closing costs prior to the closing of the loan. Well-defined bodies of state landlord-tenant law govern all rental transactions. Many of these real estate laws are modeled after the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.

Real Estate Contributions

This is the fifth edition of my newsletter, which discusses Local, State, and Federal laws, regulations, and court cases related to Real Estate law, tax, and finance. I hope you find it helpful.
 



Real Estate Podcasts (mp3)

On this edition, Michael Allan Wolf, General Editor of Powell on Real Property and the new Powell on Real Property: Michael Allan Wolf Desk Edition, discusses two recent nuisance cases that were included in his Dirty Dozen, an annual "best of" review of unique real property decisions from state high courts. See Dr. Wolf's chapter on nuisance from the Desk Edition, available as a free download on the Real Estate Law Center. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit www.lexisnexis.com/communities.
 



Real Estate Movers & Shakers

VIENNA, Va. – (PRNewswire) C. Daniel Clemente, Chairman and CEO of Clemente Development Co., Inc. painted a bleak picture of the US real estate market at the inaugural Arab Global Forum, "The Arab World in a New Global Context: Challenges, Choices and Opportunities," at the Mandarin
 



Real Estate Blog

A new national survey reveals deep divisions between corporate counsel and private practice attorneys over the current state of the legal industry, the impact of the economic downturn and what the future holds for the law firm business model. The just-released State of the Legal Industry Survey was
 



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