Firms of the future: COVID-19 prompts more law firms to pursue real estate downsizing
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Judge rules estate of executed man has no standing to obtain DNA testing
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Lawyer convicted of wife’s murder argues only he can represent her estate in wrongful death case
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Fugitive firm partner sentenced for $1.9M real estate fraud scheme perpetrated under fake identity
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The 8 Things You Need To Know To Avoid Losing Money In Real Estate
Many who bought property between 2001 and 2007 lost money. These were years where prices aggressively increased, largely due to loose lending practices that allowed people to buy homes they could not afford using loans that were only temporarily manageable. Foreclosure News
Real estate: Focus is on engagement as Pawleys broker leads Realtors group
Thomas was sworn in last week as the president of the 4,000-member Coastal Carolinas Association of Realtors. Foreclosure News
Kelowna real estate market slows
“Last month, we waited to see how the market would react to the Bank of Canada's latest interest rate hike and the B.C. government's tabling of their speculation tax,” said Marv Beer, president of the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board. However, it's a shock after the sellers' market earlier this year that saw homes sell […]
Real estate: Realtors forecast nationwide home sales will stabilize
Consumers should expect home sales to flatten and home prices to continue to increase, though at a slower pace, according to a 2019 housing and economic forecast presented at the 2018 National Association of Realtors Conference & Expo held in Boston early this month. Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors, said […]
Real estate trouble: reverse mortgages deplete FHA insurance reserves
The Federal Housing Administration's 2018 audits revealed that losses from real estate reverse mortgages destroyed about a third of the taxpayer-guaranteed insurance reserves. The FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund on November 15 reported an $ 8 billion profit with a $ 1.26 trillion portfolio of loan guarantees for the fiscal year ending September 30. FHA's […]
Canadian vs U.S. real estate: Winner and loser since 2008
The 2008/9 recession hit the housing market hard in both countries – this infographic reveals who has come out on top in the past decade The U.S. housing market was even harder hit by the 2008/9 recession than here in Canada. The sub-prime crisis brought many homeowners to financial insolvency, and foreclosures soared south of […]