Book Description

Real Estate Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials, Second Edition, provides an updated and thorough explanation of both the principles and the process to give students a complete understanding of what happens and why.The casebook earned the respect of instructors nationwide through its effective structure and approach: - detailed text explains basic elements and market factors involved in each area of law - problems that increase in difficulty are the main teaching vehicle - carefully chose cases illustrate key points and the ways in which complications arise in practice, addressing both commercial and residential real estate - cases and materials reveal ethical issues as they arise in the real world - an extremely helpful Teacher's Manual includes answers to all the problems and an analysis of all principal casesThe Second Edition responds to user feedback to make the casebook even more effective: - the accompanying forms disk includes Contracts, deeds, mortgages, title insurance policies, and many other common real estate documents, together with problem sets keyed to the documents - streamlined for easier classroom use -- the text is over 300 pages shorter than the previous edition - provides updated information on UCC Article 9 as it relates to commercial lending practice - commentary on new federal legislation related to electronic signatures - offers cases relating to brokers, deed warranties of title, title insurance, mortgage default, and race and mortgage lending practices