The real estate industry is watching the Sitzer/Burnett commission trial take place in Kansas City, Missouri, right now.The Sitzer/Burnett lawsuit is based on antitrust claims from five Missouri home ...

Each fall, Maryland Realtors issues changes, additions or deletions to its library of real estate forms.This year, the association produced a new form entitled the Seller’s Home of Choice Addendum that ...

Homeowner’s insurance is a necessity if your home is mortgaged and covers the structure of your home and your personal property, as well as your personal legal responsibility (or liability) for injuries ...

With the sharp rise in interest rates, the assumable loan is coming back on the real estate scene. An assumable mortgage allows a buyer to purchase a home by taking over, or assuming, the seller’s mortgage ...

Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code allows a real estate property used for business or held as an investment to be exchanged for another property that is of “like kind.”IRS notes that “properties ...

Effective this week, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac backed loans will begin to require additional information as part of the condominium review process. At the direction of the Federal Housing FinanceAgency ...

In October of last year, the Maryland REALTORS® made changes to how property inspections are handled within the state contract of sale. The new process calls for property inspections to either ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released their monthly report on homebuyer affordability at the end of August. The news release said July was challenging but mostly unchanged from June, with ...

There have been lots of reports in recent years regarding the prevalence of deed fraud, but lately scammers are not even bothering with trying to change the deed to their name first, and are simply ...

Maryland REALTORS® released their monthly info from the Housing Statistic report, see the details of the news release below. The number of home sales in Maryland continued to decline in the July ...

Modular vs Manufactured HomesOne common confusion is the difference between modular and manufactured homes. While both modular and manufactured homes are assembled in factories, they are built to two ...

In 2023, the Maryland State Legislature convened on January 11th and adjourned 90 days later on April 10th. Maryland REALTORS® issues a report each year on the Maryland Legislative ...

 As a continuation to past two weeks’ articles, below are items that passed from the report on the 2023 Maryland General Assembly session. Next week’s article will complete reporting on the list ...

 As a continuation to last week’s article, below are a few of the items from the report from the Maryland legislature session that passed this year, and next week’s article will continue reporting ...

Maryland Realtors issue a report each year on the annual legislative session in an effort to summarize the laws that were passed that affect matters of the real estate industry.Below are a few of the ...