The current administration seeks to tackle the price-to-income gap by loosening mortgage regulation — it will be as successful as putting out a fire with gasoline.
Home prices far outpace incomes — is mortgage deregulation the answer?
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Legal Aspects of Real Estate
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Recent updates to the course e-book
- In Chapter 25, references to “a intervivos trust” should be “an intervivos trust.”
- In Chapter 33, in the third bullet point beginning “55 or older with an annual income…”, $15,000
should be $25,000 and $20,000 should be $35,000. - Answer Key for Quiz 9, Question 2. The correct answer should be “d.”, not “c.
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
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