March 20, 2016 We are coming into a strong spring market. The inventory, or number of homes on the market, is low compared with the number of buyers. Let’s face it, mortgage rates remain at an all-time low. Twenty years ago, if the interest rate w...
Read MoreOil or Gas Pipeline -Impact the Value of Property
Will an Oil or Gas Pipeline Impact the Value of Your Property? New Pipeline projects in PA have the potential to impact the value of your property and the comfort of hundreds of thousands of property owners. There are numerous pipeline projects in ...
Read MoreSunoco Logistics Mariner East Pipeline
PIPELINE TO IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA PROPERTY OWNERS This past year, 2015, has been a trying year for property owners living near the existing Sunoco pipeline. The line goes from Marcus Hook, Delaware County, PA to Washington County, PA. The existing ...
Read MoreChallenge of Gas Lease- No Extension of Term
Wayne and Mary Harrison challenged the validity of their gas lease with Cabot Oil & Gas, and Cabot claimed such challenge in the courts acted to repudiate the lease thus entitling it to relief which extended the term of the lease. The case was t...
Read MoreReal Estate Agent NO-DEAL-Notice
All we need is one more Real Estate Agent Notice……. However, in a discussion yesterday, it became clear that it is very easy to confuse the subject of offer, counteroffer, counter counteroffer, E TC in real estate contract formation. I...
Read MoreTitle Insurance Licensing Exam Training
Everyone in the title insurance industry recognizes that title insurance licensing exam training will be a hot topic this year. The PA Title Insurance Licensing Exam will be required of many in the industry. This is driven by lenders and by the Amer...
Read MoreProcurring Cause – Which agent Gets the Commission?
An interesting question was posed by a real estate licensee the other day. Let’s look at the facts: Agent 1 was driving the consumers around and pointed to a new community as they drove past its entrance. Weeks later the consumers, without an...
Read MoreHome Improvement Consumer Protection Law (HICPA)
Home improvement contractors in Pennsylvania are subject to regulation. Homeowners often get confused about when the new law, known as the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act (“HICPA”) applies. Here is an excerpt from some Continuing Legal Edu...
Read MoreNBC Investigative report on Toll Brothers quotes Tupitza
NBC 4 in Washington, DC just published an investigative report on Toll Brothers. (If only we could have trained the on-air reporter to pronounce Tupitza as “2 Pits Ah” instead of 2 pizzas!!!) Their focus was on buyers who lost their do...
Read MoreBuying a New Construction Home
Buying a home that is a new construction home seems easier. It is certainly more risky. It does not matter if the builder is Toll Brothers, Pulte, Orleans or Joe with a pickup truck, the risks a buyer encounters in new construction greatly exceed th...
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