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Legal Lines Archives
  
Is The Price Right?
 
Old FCC News - Remember The "Do-Not-Call" Requirements?
Latest FTC News - The New "Mortgage Acts and Practices" Requirements 
 
Yet Another Addendum 
 
Know The Code 
 
Electronic Mail and Transactions
 
NEW FTC Rule: Does it touch you?
 
Haste Makes Waste
 
November 2010
Short Sales & Full Bids
 
September 2010
Seller Financing - Part Two
 
August 2010
Seller Financing - Part One
 
March 2010
Net Sale Price: What is it?
 
Seller Financing: Any Problems Under the Safe Act or Michigan Originator Act?
        - New statutory regulation of mortgage originators
 
Lender Addendums
         - Contract issues on sale of bank-owned homes
 
New Fees at Closing: A Controversy
         - Payment of administrative fees to listing brokers

Warranties on New but Older Homes

         - Warranty issues for builder’s old inventory

 
Administrative Fees: A New Risk?
         - RESPA analysis of Alabama Court’s Busby decision

Wandering Prospective Buyers

         - Buyers with access to vacant homes

Supreme Court and Seller’s Disclosure Act

         - Seller’s found not liable for innocent misrepresentation

 
Broker Price Opinion/Appraisal
         - Who can provide a market analysis?
Dual Agency Made Easier
         - Michigan Court of Appeals discusses informed consent to dual agency 
 
Govern. Do not operate...
         - Proper role of Boards of Directors of non-profit corporations
 
Is identity theft protection for you?
         - FACT Act and related FTC rules governing recordkeeping
Scams Abound
         - Broker found liable in counterfeit scheme
 
REO compliance and other fees...
        - Payment of fees to listing broker

Seller’s Disclosure: A Published Decision

        - Michigan Court of Appeals discusses Seller’s Disclosure Act

The Full Credit Bid Rule

        - Deficiencies after sheriffs’ sales

 
September 2008
Buyers & Foreclosures
       - Representing buyers purchasing foreclosed homes
 
August 2008
Agency Responsibility: It's The Law
       - Discussion of 2008 Amendments to Agency Disclosure Act
 
May 2008
Short Sales: What to Avoid
Representing buyers while values fall
        - California Buyers sue broker alleging paid too much
 
March 2008
Threats of lawsuits
      - Member challenges local association’s professional standards process
 
January 2008
Keep Your Head Above Water
       - Lake access to Great Lakes and inland lakes
 
November 2007
Foreclosures & Short Sales, Part II
 
September 2007
Foreclosure & Short Sales, Part I
 
August 2007
Supreme Court Delivers Landmark Ruling
       - Licensee exemption to Michigan Consumer Protection Act
 
May 2007
Additional Compensation: Is It Ethical?
       - Additional fees for buyers’ agents
Counter-Offer vs. Amendment

       - Handling inspections contingencies

 
March 2007
Electronic Responsibilities
       - Ethical and legal implications of electronic signatures
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