In most real estate transactions both sides - buyer and seller - probably feel like they are doing a good job of securing a deal that is best for them. Not that either side is trying to "pull one over" on the other - just that both parties are using whatever leverage...
Month: December 2015
Some year-end highlights in the South Florida real estate market
Many of our South Florida readers do a good job of keeping their ears to the ground in order to determine which way the real estate pendulum is swinging in the local real estate market. For residential real estate in particular, both buyers and sellers want to know...
How do banks view the mortgage application process?
Most of our South Florida readers know that the mortgage application process can be the most grueling part of buying a home. Every individual or couple who is in the market for a mortgage will present a unique financial profile to lenders and banks and, as a result,...
Understand your lease in a real estate dispute
Not all real estate disputes originate from a purchase agreement gone bad. In fact, probably the most common disputes arise due to disagreements over a rental agreement, commonly referred to in real estate law as a "lease." Of course, the more common residential...
How will your neighbors use their real estate?
Of all the wide variety of factors that go into a real estate transaction between a buyer and seller, probably the one "X" factor is the people who own the adjacent properties. After all, a prospective buyer in South Florida may be able to do all the research they...