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RESPA was created because various companies associated with the buying and selling of real estate, such as lenders, real estate agents, construction companies and title insurance companies were often engaging in providing undisclosed kickbacks to each other, inflating the costs of real estate transactions and obscuring price competition by ...
Ken H. Johnson, a real estate economist at Florida Atlantic University and a former real estate broker, says the new rules just add another layer of complexity to an already-confusing process.
In property law and real estate, a future interest is a legal right to property ownership that does not include the right to present possession or enjoyment of the property. Future interests are created on the formation of a defeasible estate; that is, an estate with a condition or event triggering transfer of possessory ownership. A common ...
A reversion in property law is a future interest that is retained by the grantor after the conveyance of an estate of a lesser quantum than he has (such as the owner of a fee simple granting a life estate or a leasehold estate).
B 's estate is not a remainder since a remainder cannot follow an estate held in fee simple absolute. " A for life, then to B " B 's estate is a vested remainder since the remainder is given to an ascertained person ( B ) and there are no precedent conditions (such as "if B is not married").
In a real estate context, an option fee is money paid by a buyer to a seller for the option to terminate a real estate contract. Option fee funds should not be confused with earnest money . The use of option fees is most common in the residential resale market in Texas.
In a typical transaction for the sale of real estate encumbered by a private transfer fee assessment, a contract for purchase of the real property is receipted at the title company. The title company then provides the prospective purchaser with a title commitment showing all encumbrances of record, including the transfer fee assessment.
They're a talented bunch, but they're not superhuman. The real trick is in the slash they draw on receipts after checking. This mark makes it basically impossible to reuse a receipt for a future ...