Sentences with phrase «suit against the real estate»

After settling claims with the seller, the plaintiffs brought suit against the real estate representatives for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.

Suits against real estate types certainly happen, but to what % of investors get sued and then what % lose, I think a house fire is more likely.

Not exact matches

As The Real Deal previously reported, Lone Star filed a separate $ 37 million suit against Vantage and New Jersey - based Normandy Real Estate for four upper Manhattan apartment buildings.

Thus, by all means, mutual funds are more suited to your generation as against real estate that was suited to parents.

The suits are part of a suite of litigation filed by nine American cities against big oil to pay for current and future damages to some of the most expensive real estate in the country caused by rising seas and hotter weather.

Represented a fund in a fraud suit against a national real estate appraiser in connection with a master planned community that went bankrupt.

In addition to suing the real estate entities and individuals involved in the transaction and the seller of the property, the business owners also brought suit against the appraiser for negligent misrepresentation.

Real estate practitioners may also be able to get an insurer to defend against excluded claims as part of a larger suit.

As I began to stir, a news flash appeared before me, stating that there was to be a class - action suit against some new real estate company alleging false advertising due to the small print being misleading, something like Insurance policies.

Other legal issues that caused major concerns for property managers, according to the 2011 Institute of Real Estate Management Legal Scan, include debt collection suits, which increased 14 percent since the 2009 survey, and fair housing cases, which grew by 25 percent for racial discrimination and 60 percent for discrimination against the disabled in that two - year period.

Real estate salesperson Jennifer Ames Lazarre of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Chicago says one of her buyer clients decided against purchasing a $ 4 million home when the developer refused to remove the tub, which was too small to suit the client's tall frame.

Most of these suits are brought by a homebuyer against the seller and all real estate practitioners involved in the transaction.

Suits alleging a violation of Section 8 (b) of RESPA have been brought against real estate brokerages that charge consumers a flat fee in addition to a percentage - based commission.

In Bloom v. Martin, several borrowers (Borrowers) brought a class action suit against mortgage lenders alleging violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (RESPA).

Kling Real Estate, Ltd. v. DePalma (306 A.D. 2d 445)- summary judgment motion dismissing broker's complaint affirmed; broker's suit for commission based upon two binder agreements fails where unilateral modification of the proposed contracts of sale by the prospective purchasers constituted a counter offer which the seller rejected; no cause of action exists for commission against buyer in second transaction where sellers agreed to pay the brokerage commission

In 2011, there was a suit filed against the real estate industry over the use of internet based mapping.

So in May of 2011, the Competition Bureau filed suit against TREB, seeking access to real estate information — like sold prices — that agents routinely hand out by phone, email and in person to clients.