by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 28, 2019 | Real Estate Facts & Figures, Real Estate History
The modern Anglo-American trust is a unique legal device. In the U.S. we use trusts primary as methods to hold and convey property, often to heirs as an estate planning device. There are a couple of theories concerning the origin of the trust, with the latest being...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 18, 2017 | Real Estate History
In the U.S., its common for a buyer to receive a gift after they purchase a home. In Germany the tradition is to give a small cup of salt and a loaf of bread to someone who’s moved into a new home. These food staples symbolize lifelong prosperity.
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 24, 2017 | Mortgages + Lending, Real Estate History
It would seem that the payment of a mortgage is a relatively recent activity historically. But lending has a long history, and may be as old as writing. For example, there is evidence of lending in Mesopotamia for grain purchases as far back as 3000 B.C.E. As to real...
