By David Parker, Esq. QUESTION: I have just signed a contract to buy a new house and now I must select a Lender and a Settlement

By David Parker, Esq. QUESTION: Recently, I have seen a number of advertisements from settlement companies offering discounts and free giveaways if you use them

By David Parker, Esq. QUESTION: I am currently working with a real estate agent as I attempt to locate a new house. The agent has

By Mark Simon, Esq. Disability creates many difficulties and challenges in a person’s day-to-day life including obtaining and keeping meaningful employment, finding appropriate housing, transportation,

Effective January 1, 2008, Maryland has amended its rules regarding the Homestead Tax Credit. This credit or reduced tax is given to owner occupants, as

The trauma in the “sub-prime” mortgage market has obviously spilled over into the “prime” mortgage markets. The demise of a number of “sub-prime” lenders has

A Realtor called me the other day and described the following scenario. Her client had purchased a town home in the spring of 2005. The

In today’s tighter real estate market, we are constantly getting calls from buyers, sellers, agents and lenders regarding various “schemes” which they have been told

In our last two articles, we discussed Paragraphs One (1) through Seventeen (17) of the recently revised Regional Sales Contract. This will conclude our review

In the last newsletter, we reviewed in detail the first ten paragraphs of the Regional Sales Contract. This article continues with a discussion beginning withParagraph