Author: ft Editorial Staff

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...

This article outlines the federal and California anti-discrimination laws and how the laws affect the rental of residential property. Property rights cannot be based on status All citizens of the United States have the right to...

This article covers acceptable and unacceptable age discrimination in California housing. California’s fair housing laws A landlord of an apartment complex with an adults-only rental policy enters into a lease with a...