Vesting Reflects Estate Planning
This video covers properly vesting a property to avoid probate procedures.
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Tag: vesting
What is Vesting?
This is the first episode of our new video series covering the right of survivorship among co-owners. This episode introduces the concept of vesting.
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Is an LLC which is solely owned by a government agency and takes title to real estate exempt from payment of a documentary transfer tax on acquisition?
CSHV 1999 Harrison LLC v. County of Alameda
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Form-of-the-Week: Affidavit of death of joint tenant and surviving spouse — Forms 460 and 461
A surviving spouse or joint tenant uses RPI Forms 460 and 461 to removed the deceased from the title.
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Community property presumption or grant deed vesting: which controls in a bankruptcy filing?
Is property acquired during marriage still community property when one spouse conveys title to the other?
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Brokerage Reminder: How vested are you?
A weekly reminder to stay on top of your practice from first tuesday’s in-house broker!
Read MoreJanuary 2010 SCW
Real estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
Read MoreDecember 2009 SCW
Real estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
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Calculating owner-occupied housing in CPI: a high-stakes and contentious quandary
This article discusses how owner-occupied housing is factored into the consumer price index (CPI)...
Read MoreNovember 2009 SCW
Real estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
Read MoreOctober 2009 SCW
Real estate related issues pending before the United States and California Supreme Courts.
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Legislative Gossip
Stay on top of current pending California legislation affecting real estate!
Read MoreREITs recover from losses by entering the stock market
REITs recently experienced an average 75% reduction in returns from their property investments. Thanks to the eagerness of stock market investors during this financial crisis, however, REITs have already recuperated much of...
Read MoreREITs may be an opportunity for investors
The fate of real estate investment trusts (REITs) looked grim a year ago, but for the moment their fortunes seem to have turned. REIT stocks have gained over 45% since March of this year, recuperating a large proportion of their...
Read MoreJune 2009 RCD
A digest of recent court cases affecting real estate.
Read MoreUnsatisfying results from federal “Dollar Homes” program
An investigation by the Los Angeles Times reveals disappointing results from the federal “Dollar Homes” Program; a plan requiring local governments to purchase foreclosed homes for one dollar, repair them, and sell them at...
Read MoreIs social psychology the best predictor of future economic woes?
In a recent New York Times article, Yale economics professor Robert J. Shiller highlights the ability of social psychology to predict financial crises. In particular, he notes a speech given in 1989 by Larry Summers, now the...
Read MoreLenders vs. owners in 2000-2010: the real estate interest of each
This article takes a detailed look at the causes behind the severity of the current real estate downturn and the necessary steps on the path towards recovery. In 1998 America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve (the Fed) started...
Read MoreWhy the home purchase grant subsidy may not raise home prices
One purpose for passing the home purchase tax credit was to help boost the level of house prices, massaging the housing market back to health and finding a bottom to the drop in home values. However, an article by economist Kash...
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