Author: ft Editorial Staff

This article discusses the use of the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement. A unified disclosure for all sales In transactions involving the sale of any type of real estate, the seller’s listing broker owes a duty to a...

This article presents the adverse impacts created by agreeing to a binding arbitration clause in a real estate purchase agreement. Lost rights to a fair and final decision The trend since 1978, encouraged by trade unions, has...

This article presents an insight into trust funds and their treatment. Identification of trust funds Brokers, while acting in their capacity as agents in real estate transactions, receive funds to be held in trust. These funds,...

This article sets out the enforceability of one party’s right to cancel a transaction when the other party fails to perform by an appointed date. Time is of the essence The short, seemingly harmless time-is-of-the-essence...

This article discusses the obligation of owners to share in the maintenance and repair of private roads. Repairs: who pays and how much? Several homeowners share a private road located on an easement for ingress and egress to...