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Real Estate Law covers a wide range of different subjects all revolving around the Real Estate world, including land along with improvements to the land, such as buildings, fences, wells and other site improvements that are fixed in location. Real estate law is the body of regulations and legal codes which cover such matters under a particular jurisdiction and include things such as commercial and residential real property transactions. Real Estate Law affects millions of people all over the world, and you will most likely encounter it if you're planning to build a house, or making substantial changes to your home. Before doing anything drastic, it's always a good idea to make sure you're on the right side of the law, and at Going Legal, our Real Estate Law section aims to ensure that you do everything correctly, every step of the way by referring to our vast range of Real Estate related articles.
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Real Estate Law
What if you miss your Bond Claim Deadline? Earlier this year the Texas Supreme court ruled in favor of a supply company and the ruling has very good implications for subcontractors and suppliers. Here is an excerpt of the opinion: Chapter 2253 of t...
Author: Kelly M. Davis
What if you miss your Bond Claim Deadline?
03rd December 2009What if you miss your Bond Claim Deadline? Earlier this year the Texas Supreme court ruled in favor of a supply company and the ruling has very good implications for subcontractors and suppliers. Here is an excerpt of the opinion: Chapter 2253 of t...
Author: Kelly M. Davis
Real Estate Law
Every now and then, someone comes to my office needing a "Deed." Usually, they have heard the term Quitclaim deed and specifically ask for that. But, many people (including some attorneys, I'm chagrin to admit), do not understand the difference between ...
Author: Kelly M. Davis
Warranty Deed or Quitclaim Deed – what’s the difference and why should you care?
03rd December 2009Every now and then, someone comes to my office needing a "Deed." Usually, they have heard the term Quitclaim deed and specifically ask for that. But, many people (including some attorneys, I'm chagrin to admit), do not understand the difference between ...
Author: Kelly M. Davis
Real Estate Law
State legal systems in the United States are based on one of two legal systems. Forty-nine states base their laws on the common law system, first used in England. However one state, Louisiana, uses the French Napoleonic Code as the basis for their le...
Author: Andre Savoie,
Real Estate Laws in Louisiana: What You Should Know as a Property Owner
26th November 2009State legal systems in the United States are based on one of two legal systems. Forty-nine states base their laws on the common law system, first used in England. However one state, Louisiana, uses the French Napoleonic Code as the basis for their le...
Author: Andre Savoie,
Real Estate Law
Buying and selling properties is not a new phenomenon. It is global due to economic crunches, personal ambitions, environmental factors, social structures, governmental controls. They have to depend upon a professional land surveyor whose profession is to...
Author: johnctpo
How to hire a land Surveyor
24th November 2009Buying and selling properties is not a new phenomenon. It is global due to economic crunches, personal ambitions, environmental factors, social structures, governmental controls. They have to depend upon a professional land surveyor whose profession is to...
Author: johnctpo
Real Estate Law
When you find yourself in the throes of foreclosure, help can seem unobtainable. There are many organizations that offer programs for those who need help in the foreclosure process. The internet is a great place to access information on these organization...
Author: attorneysbndksv
If You Need Help with the Legal Foreclosure Process a Lawyer or Attorney Can Help
24th November 2009When you find yourself in the throes of foreclosure, help can seem unobtainable. There are many organizations that offer programs for those who need help in the foreclosure process. The internet is a great place to access information on these organization...
Author: attorneysbndksv
Real Estate Law
Many homeowners do not want to move out of their property, even after a foreclosure lawsuit, judgment, and sheriff sale. Despite having six months to a year to live mortgage free, some borrowers are just not financially able to move when required by the c...
Author: Nick Adama
Final Step of the Foreclosure Process: Eviction
19th November 2009Many homeowners do not want to move out of their property, even after a foreclosure lawsuit, judgment, and sheriff sale. Despite having six months to a year to live mortgage free, some borrowers are just not financially able to move when required by the c...
Author: Nick Adama
Real Estate Law
With rising unemployment and declining home prices, the least feasible debt to repay for most is their home mortgage. House prices have dropped by as much as two to three hundred thousand dollars per house for the average homeowner. And many Americ...
Author: Eshwarya Patel
Bankruptcy May Not Be Necessary For Defaulting on a Mortgage
05th November 2009With rising unemployment and declining home prices, the least feasible debt to repay for most is their home mortgage. House prices have dropped by as much as two to three hundred thousand dollars per house for the average homeowner. And many Americ...
Author: Eshwarya Patel
Real Estate Law
As conveyancing procedure can differ depending on where you are, this article aims to talk through how it works in the United Kingdom as simply and clearly as possible. In law, conveyancing is the transferral of title of property from one person to ano...
Author: CatM
Conveyancing In The UK Explained
10th August 2009As conveyancing procedure can differ depending on where you are, this article aims to talk through how it works in the United Kingdom as simply and clearly as possible. In law, conveyancing is the transferral of title of property from one person to ano...
Author: CatM
Real Estate Law
Conveyancing is a process few people ever hear about until they have to go through it via the purchase or selling of their first property. After getting what it is straight, the next step would be ‘how to go about it wisely' and in credit crunch tim...
Author: CatM
Saving Money When Engaging In The Conveyancing Process
01st August 2009Conveyancing is a process few people ever hear about until they have to go through it via the purchase or selling of their first property. After getting what it is straight, the next step would be ‘how to go about it wisely' and in credit crunch tim...
Author: CatM
Real Estate Law
To have an online store, the easiest way is to find some open source ecommerce script. For example oscommerce or zen-cart shopping cart. Get these script setup on your web hosting. To accept payment online, its either customer pay through your webs...
Author: nishufzr
Accepting payment at your ecommerce website
18th June 2009To have an online store, the easiest way is to find some open source ecommerce script. For example oscommerce or zen-cart shopping cart. Get these script setup on your web hosting. To accept payment online, its either customer pay through your webs...
Author: nishufzr
Real Estate Law
Hike beyond the Ojo Nacapuli, the amazing palm canyon north of San Carlos, is one of the most popular hiking destinations in this area. I had hiked as far as the final water hole (ojo) at least a dozen times with anyone who visited me in tow. But I on...
Author: Steve Schwab
Nacapuli - Some new twists to an old favorite
13th June 2009Hike beyond the Ojo Nacapuli, the amazing palm canyon north of San Carlos, is one of the most popular hiking destinations in this area. I had hiked as far as the final water hole (ojo) at least a dozen times with anyone who visited me in tow. But I on...
Author: Steve Schwab
Real Estate Law
As conveyancing procedures can differ depending on where you are, this article aims to talk you through how it works in the United Kingdom as simply and clearly as possible. In law, conveyancing is the transferal of title of property from one person to...
Author: CatM
The Process Of Conveyancing
11th June 2009As conveyancing procedures can differ depending on where you are, this article aims to talk you through how it works in the United Kingdom as simply and clearly as possible. In law, conveyancing is the transferal of title of property from one person to...
Author: CatM
Real Estate Law
The most vital factor that is considered while buying our own home is to make a good bargain in real estate. But the fact is this is not quite simple as we dream. To facilitate us in such critical situations there is a pretty easy way of investment in rea...
Author: johndavid658
Why Invest In Foreclosures?
18th May 2009The most vital factor that is considered while buying our own home is to make a good bargain in real estate. But the fact is this is not quite simple as we dream. To facilitate us in such critical situations there is a pretty easy way of investment in rea...
Author: johndavid658
Real Estate Law
You will have heard of the residential Energy Performance Certificates or EPCs that were instituted last year as part of the Home Information Pack legislation, but did you know that there is a Commercial Energy Performance Certificate that is currently be...
Author: Paul Davis
Commercial (EPC) Energy Performance Certificates
27th March 2009You will have heard of the residential Energy Performance Certificates or EPCs that were instituted last year as part of the Home Information Pack legislation, but did you know that there is a Commercial Energy Performance Certificate that is currently be...
Author: Paul Davis