Sentences with phrase «acted in the real estate transaction»

Lawyers who act in real estate transactions will now be required to sign a declaration at the end of each year to confirm they know how to avoid becoming a victim of mortgage and real estate fraud.

For many reasons and usually to meet a limitation period, one of the parties to that action will also sue the solicitor who acted in the real estate transaction.

Not exact matches

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(Brokers are the legally responsible parties in real estate transactions, while agents act more as salespeople.

The Fair Housing Act also prohibits discrimination in residential real estate transactions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

The truth in lending act applies to individuals as well as businesses, and four conditions must come into play: the lender must offer credit to the customer; the entity must make offers of credit more than 25 times per year or five times per year for transactions secured by real estate; credit transactions must include finance charges or written contracts covering more than four installment payments; and creditors must extend the credit for personal, family, or household reasons.

Fair Housing Act: A federal law that prohibits any type of discrimination in all housing and real estate transactions.

(Sec. 299A) Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to require standards for the performance of real estate appraisals in connection with federally related transactions to include a standard that requires, in determining the value of a property, consideration of any renewable energy sources for, or energy efficiency or energy - conserving improvements or features of, the property.

John Gregory and I have commented more fully on these issues in his articles on Electronic Real Estate Transactions, Electronic Seals and Ontario's Electronic Commerce Act Amendment Passed].

In the case of New Zealand, they are tying it to specific types of transactions such as real estate sales or acting as a nominee.

-- In addition, with regards to the proposed regulation Considering the security of electronic agreements of purchase and sale: Electronic Commerce Act, Possible e-signature regulation in which I see «Just as with handwritten signatures, it is up to the person relying on them to decide if they are sufficiently reliable», I submit that for real estate transaction a notion of public order interveneIn addition, with regards to the proposed regulation Considering the security of electronic agreements of purchase and sale: Electronic Commerce Act, Possible e-signature regulation in which I see «Just as with handwritten signatures, it is up to the person relying on them to decide if they are sufficiently reliable», I submit that for real estate transaction a notion of public order intervenein which I see «Just as with handwritten signatures, it is up to the person relying on them to decide if they are sufficiently reliable», I submit that for real estate transaction a notion of public order intervenes.

He has experience in collections (writs of attachment and possession and receiverships), equipment and vehicle leasing, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, Truth in Lending Act, Unfair Competition Law, Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Commercial Code (sales, negotiable instruments and secured transactions), banking, mortgage lending and shareholder disputes, insurance, First Amendment and privacy matters, breach of contract, labor, business torts, intellectual property (trademark and copyright), eminent domain, foreclosures, and other real estTransactions Act, Truth in Lending Act, Unfair Competition Law, Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Commercial Code (sales, negotiable instruments and secured transactions), banking, mortgage lending and shareholder disputes, insurance, First Amendment and privacy matters, breach of contract, labor, business torts, intellectual property (trademark and copyright), eminent domain, foreclosures, and other real esttransactions), banking, mortgage lending and shareholder disputes, insurance, First Amendment and privacy matters, breach of contract, labor, business torts, intellectual property (trademark and copyright), eminent domain, foreclosures, and other real estate matters.

K followed the accepted procedure when acting for a vendor in closing the real estate transaction.

A real estate lawyer with interests in investment, development and asset management, Catriona acts for a range of domestic and international clients including private equity investors and large developers, and has an appetite for complex transactions.

Brian has been involved in significant commercial transactions on behalf of developers, banks (in regards to secured lending) and commercial entities such as German Truck Manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus for whom he acted for twenty years in relation to its real estate acquisitions and disposals in England and Wales.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

Firm partners Gelu Maravela and Mirela Metea, who are co-heading our insolvency practice and have been involved throughout the time in many high profile transactions, disputes and restructurings unfolded on an insolvency background, benefit from our strategic alliance with the specialized insolvency house RPM Advisory Hub IPURL, whose reputed managing partner Dana Rădulescu has acted as receiver / insolvency practitioner in some of the soundest Romanian insolvency cases, such as Hidroelectrica S.A., Vulcan S.A., Servtrans S.A., Silver Mountain (INR Management Real Estate) and Asmita Gardens.

Greig handles Real Estate matters, acting primarily for corporate occupiers in connection with their real estate requirements including office relocations, developments, strategic freehold and leasehold acquisitions, sales and leasebacks, leveraged covenant transactions and strategic portfolio managemReal Estate matters, acting primarily for corporate occupiers in connection with their real estate requirements including office relocations, developments, strategic freehold and leasehold acquisitions, sales and leasebacks, leveraged covenant transactions and strategic portfolio managEstate matters, acting primarily for corporate occupiers in connection with their real estate requirements including office relocations, developments, strategic freehold and leasehold acquisitions, sales and leasebacks, leveraged covenant transactions and strategic portfolio managemreal estate requirements including office relocations, developments, strategic freehold and leasehold acquisitions, sales and leasebacks, leveraged covenant transactions and strategic portfolio managestate requirements including office relocations, developments, strategic freehold and leasehold acquisitions, sales and leasebacks, leveraged covenant transactions and strategic portfolio management.

She has experience in a wide range of transactions including real estate finance, acquisition finance and syndicated and bilateral facilities acting for both borrowers and lenders.

managing the tax - exempt bond and tax incentive needs of corporate and real estate clients and acting as company counsel to represent their interests in these transactions

Danny's recent experience includes negotiating and completing several private equity financings on behalf of issuers, acting for a large international purchaser in an acquisition of a manufacturing business, and completing leasing transactions in Western Canada for a large real estate investment trust (REIT).

With expertise in real estate, mining, oil and gas, power, communications and transportation and in our PPP Practice group, Torys» project finance lawyers have acted as counsel on some of the largest and most complex project finance transactions.

Clifford Chance specialises in cross-border transactions, acting for Russian and international clients across the real estate, healthcare, private equity and financial sectors, among others.

The real estate and property finance team specializes in acting for institutional investors and property companies in the acquisition, disposal and management of investment properties, as well as acting for banks and other financial institutions in property finance transactions and for developers in property developments.

Lawyers whose employees acted inappropriately in real estate transactions will be held liable by the law society for «failing to be on guard against being duped by unscrupulous persons.»

Quebec's governing body for real estate brokers adopted a set of technical specifications for electronic signatures in land transactions to comply with that province's Act to Establish a Legal Framework for Information Technology.

In Ontario, a private members» bill to amend the Electronic Commerce Act to allow for the use of electronic signatures in real estate transactions has gone through second readinIn Ontario, a private members» bill to amend the Electronic Commerce Act to allow for the use of electronic signatures in real estate transactions has gone through second readinin real estate transactions has gone through second reading.

At the 2011 Uniform Law Conference of Canada his paper «Real Estate Transactions in the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act» suggested the time had come to remove the real estate exclusReal Estate Transactions in the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act» suggested the time had come to remove the real estate exclEstate Transactions in the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act» suggested the time had come to remove the real estate exclusreal estate exclestate exclusion.

NAR supported the «E-SIGN Act of 2000» that makes electronic signatures the legal equivalent of handwritten signatures in order to make real estate transactions more efficient and to reduce paperwork.

Prior to December 24, 2016, when the Dodd - Frank Act's risk retention rules went into effect, CMBS lenders and borrowers anticipated that these regulations might run small lenders out of the market, cause lenders to become overly conservative and make it increasingly difficult to find financing for commercial real estate transactions, especially in secondary and tertiary markets.

A natural person, a corporation through its officers, a partnership through its partners or a limited liability company through its members or managers that deals in selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, leasing, managing or pledging the person's or entity's own property, including cemetery property and membership camping contracts, and that does not receive special compensation for a sales transaction or does not receive special compensation or other consideration including property management fees or consulting fees for any property management services performed, if the majority of an officer's, partner's, member's or manager's activities do not involve the acts of a real estate broker,

(y) «trade» or «trading» includes a disposition or acquisition of or transaction in real estate by sale, purchase, agreement for sale, exchange, option, commercial lease or rental or otherwise and any offer or attempt to list real estate for the purpose of such a disposition or transaction, and any act, advertisement, conduct or negotiation, directly or indirectly, in furtherance of any disposition, acquisition, transaction, offer or attempt.

«The RCMP hereby offers a public apology for any damages caused to Ms. Burnside's personal and professional reputation as a result of the publicity garnered after an unknown source provided RCMP information to the media about her acting on behalf of the RCMP in a 2009 real estate transaction,» says a statement released by Burnside and the RCMP.

Under the rule in Louisiana, if a broker can not reach the parties to a failed real estate transaction, the broker may return the escrow deposit monies in accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.

The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 assures that buyers and sellers of residential real estate receive complete information about the sources and disposition of the funds involved in the transaction at settlemReal Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 assures that buyers and sellers of residential real estate receive complete information about the sources and disposition of the funds involved in the transaction at settlEstate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 assures that buyers and sellers of residential real estate receive complete information about the sources and disposition of the funds involved in the transaction at settlemreal estate receive complete information about the sources and disposition of the funds involved in the transaction at settlestate receive complete information about the sources and disposition of the funds involved in the transaction at settlement.

Thus, I would not rank you as a part - timer at all, but more accurately I would rank you as a full - timer whose only job (real estate transactions) is carried out as a methodically acting Realtor who efficiently controls her hours of operation and thus allows for more leisure time (likely thinking about her future real estate strategies during some of that leisure time) unfettered with opposing responsibilities elsewhere in the workforce.

'' a trade includes a disposition of or transaction in real estate by sale... and ** any offer or attempt ** to list real estate for the purpose of such a disposition... and ** any act **, advertisement... ** directly or indirectly **... in furtherance of any disposition...»

Since Bill Clinton signed the E-Sign Act, real estate professionals have been slow to embrace a technology which adds tremendous efficiency to managing paperwork generated in the typical transaction.

The court held that a solicitor acting for a buyer in a real estate transaction owed a duty of care in tort to the unrepresented sellers on the basis that the sellers relied on him to register the mortgage.

For example, we have assurances from the Manitoba Securities Commission that electronic signatures will be accommodated for real estate transactions in the new Real Estate Services Act Regulations when they are complereal estate transactions in the new Real Estate Services Act Regulations when they are compestate transactions in the new Real Estate Services Act Regulations when they are compleReal Estate Services Act Regulations when they are compEstate Services Act Regulations when they are completed.

In a traditional off - line real estate transaction, an agent usually acts as a communication hub among the multiple parties involved.

With respect to trust accounts, the amended statute provides that real estate brokers and licensed real estate property managers may not commingle funds in a client trust account, with the exception of compensation earned in connection with a real estate sale, purchase, or exchange transaction.2 Commingling is defined as «the mixing of funds from any source, including personal funds, with trust funds... by a licensed real estate property manager or principal real estate broker.3 Licensees do not need to create a trust account when acting only as a courier conveying a check payable to the seller from the purchaser.4

The defendant real estate broker acted as dual agent for both parties in a real estate transaction.

The clarification goes a long way in addressing concerns among practitioners that the transaction or administrative fees some brokers charge might violate the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

The act applies to real estate brokers and other professionals involved in a real estate transaction.

RESPA is an acronym for Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and represents a set of legislative statutes relating to real estate transactions put in place by the government to enforce disclosure of charges and fees to the consuReal Estate Settlement Procedures Act and represents a set of legislative statutes relating to real estate transactions put in place by the government to enforce disclosure of charges and fees to the conEstate Settlement Procedures Act and represents a set of legislative statutes relating to real estate transactions put in place by the government to enforce disclosure of charges and fees to the consureal estate transactions put in place by the government to enforce disclosure of charges and fees to the conestate transactions put in place by the government to enforce disclosure of charges and fees to the consumer.

The Rules, which come into effect on March 15, 2018, will increase the number and frequency of disclosures that real estate licensees must make to consumers, and will, in almost all cases, prevent real estate licensees from acting for both a buyer and a seller in the same transaction.

In this scenario, another qualified industry member at the brokerage, preferably a managing associate broker, must be assigned by the broker to review the real estate agreements and represent the brokerage (i.e. act in supervisory role) in that specific transactioIn this scenario, another qualified industry member at the brokerage, preferably a managing associate broker, must be assigned by the broker to review the real estate agreements and represent the brokerage (i.e. act in supervisory role) in that specific transactioin supervisory role) in that specific transactioin that specific transaction.

Dual Associate - A real estate brokerage which acts as associate for both the seller and the buyer in the same transaction.

Opendoor buys houses and owns them, acting as a middleman (as opposed to a matchmaker) in residential real estate transactions.