by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 3, 2022 | Home Buying, The Attorney-Broker Advantage, Title Insurance + Escrow
Do you know what to look for in the title commitment/report you receive as a buyer of property? The title report may reveal negative matters that will hurt you if you close on the home. The Arizona contract gives the buyer the right to object to adverse title matters...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 25, 2022 | Home Buying, Selling Your Home
The latest on “love letters” is that the Oregon law preventing a buyer agent from providing the seller or its agent with one has been blocked by the courts. The provision that “a seller’s agent shall reject any communication other than customary documents in a real...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 22, 2022 | Home Buying
Nearly 90 Phoenix homes sold for $100,000 over the listing price in first six weeks of 2022. During the same period in 2021 there were only 11 transactions of $100,000 above the asking price. One reason for the increase is that non-primary buyers accounted for 36% of...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 8, 2022 | Home Buying, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
The belief that “love letter” violations are a widespread problem has prompted the Oregon legislature to pass a law preventing a buyer’s agents from providing the seller’s agent with one. To ensure a seller won‘t select a buyer based on prohibited criteria under the...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 2, 2022 | Home Buying, Home Ownership
The Woke movement has hit real estate. Realtor.com and Redfin are deleting crime data listed on their websites because it could “perpetuate racial inequity.” Realtor.com removed its crime map from all search results to “level the playing field.”. Redfin doesn’t think...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 12, 2022 | Home Buying
A buyer love letter is a letter written by the buyers to the sellers that accompanies an offer. It is an emotional appeal to the sellers in an attempt to get the sellers to accept the buyers’ offer. Typically, the buyers write about how much they love the home and how...
