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Wisconsin REALTORS® Association - Legal Hotline Hottips
| DATE | PARTIAL CONTENTS... | ||
| 02/08/10 | lead removal, home construction and tax credits, withdraw "Notice of Defects" | ||
| 02/01/10 | fuel oil tank, broker as LLC, church newsletter ads | ||
| 01/25/10 | homebuyer credit rules, FHA changes, eviction, counting days | ||
| 01/19/10 | HUD mtge. insurance, tax credits, Megan's law, R.E. transfer fees | ||
| 01/11/10 | HUD, building w/o permit, asbestos removal, licensed purchasers | ||
| 01/04/10 | agent E&O insurance, signing for someone else | ||
| 12/28/09 | federal short sale standards, reducing real estate taxes, storage tank removal | ||
| 12/21/09 | listing protection, multiple representation, foreclosure, bump notice | ||
| 12/14/09 | new offer form - financing contingency, inspection contingency | ||
| 12/07/09 | homebuyer credit update, buyer/seller incentives, occupancy before closing | ||
| 12/01/09 | buyer incentives, licensee as buyer, agent leaving broker | ||
| 11/23/09 | completing sale forms for a friend, procuring cause v. foreclosure | ||
| 11/16/09 | FNMA "Deed for Lease", tax credit v. leasing, inspection | ||
| 11/09/09 | tax credit, testing v. inspection, financing, earnest money | ||
| 11/02/09 | children & renovation, adverse facts, listing termination | ||
| 10/26/09 | stigmatized property, email negotiations between buyer and seller | ||
| 10/19/09 | conflict between two writings, condo docs change after offer accepted | ||
| 10/12/09 | finance contingency-appraisal, service animals-fair housing | ||
| 10/05/09 | "Red Flag" rule, condo liens v. sheriff's sale, duplexes - tax credit? | ||
| 09/28/09 | radon, pre-closing occupancy+repairs, listing v. bankruptcy | ||
| 09/21/09 | pepper spray, sold signs, closing date modification, lead-based paint | ||
| 09/14/09 | co-op housing, licensed purchasers, binding acceptance, security deposits | ||
| 09/08/09 | disclosing other offers, buyer exceptions, vacant land condition report | ||
| 08/31/09 | signatures-divorcing sellers, counter offers, earnest money-interpleader action | ||
| 08/24/09 | signing for another, sold signs, closing costs, tax proration | ||
| 08/17/09 | EPA lead rules, title issues, POWTS contingency, license req'mt of prop.sales | ||
| 08/10/09 | FTC "red falgs", agent changing office, commercial RECR, forclosure | ||
| 08/03/09 | Truth-In-Lending revisions, FHA update, adverse facts | ||
| 07/27/09 | new TIL lending disclosures, FHFA on home valuations, Offer issues | ||
| 07/20/09 | Craigslist, offers, WI Neighborhood Advantage Program | ||
| 07/13/09 | new lender disclosure rules, court cases | ||
| 06/29/09 | measuring date deadlines, title issues v. closing, two brokers with listing | ||
| 06/22/09 | short sales FNMA, difficult mtge. servicers, returning earnest money | ||
| 06/15/09 | vermiculite/asbestos, tank removal, abandoned well, auctions | ||
| 06/08/09 | financing contingency, option to purchase, agent representing both parties | ||
| 06/01/09 | tax credit - FHA, finance contingency - FHA, blind buyer- Braille contract or ? | ||
| 05/26/09 | tax credit loans, changing contract dates, inspections, foreclosure/short sale | ||
| 05/18/09 | tax credit as down payment, material adverse fact, earnest money | ||
| 05/11/09 | home insp. error, REO-inspect before offer, condo prohibiting children | ||
| 05/04/09 | pre-qual., 1st time HB credit, listing expiration, inspect w/o contingency | ||
| 04/27/09 | incentives, short sales, condition report, fee discount | ||
| 04/20/09 | First Time Home Buyer credit, offer acceptance, withdrawal | ||
| 04/13/09 | Home Buyer Protection Bill, resources for those facing foreclosure | ||
| 04/06/09 | disclosing offer terms to appraisers, buyer agency transfers, adverse facts | ||
| 03/30/09 | contractor registration, fair housing, renting during foreclosure | ||
| 03/23/09 | HUD loan mod program, inspections, advertising, home buyer credit | ||
| 03/16/09 | Foreclosure, land condition report, financing, title issues | ||
| 03/09/09 | Home Valuation Code of Conduct, Craigslist scam, foreclosure | ||
| 03/02/09 | First-time home buyer credit, FHA limits, offer acceptance, comfidentiality | ||
| 02/23/09 | stimulus plan housing credit. short sale, resale before closing, fee splitting | ||
| 02/16/09 | conservation reserve, short sale commision, offer withdrawn | ||
| 02/09/09 | hold harmless provision, offer acceptance, listing protections | ||
| 02/02/09 | buyer agency, earnest money, advertising, agency, leases | ||
| 01/26/09 | securities law & R.E. agents, secondary offers, buyer agency, earnest money | ||
| 01/19/09 | frozen pipes, commissions, lead-based paint, contract termination | ||
| 01/12/09 | HUD/RESPA changes, radon mitigation, lease termination, HUD HOPE program | ||
| 01/05/09 | inspection & finance contingency, practice outside WI, procuring cause | ||
| 12/29/08 | doomage assessment, file retention, "yes" answers on RE condition report | ||
| 12/22/08 | more RESPA, mortgage banking, advertising | ||
| 12/15/08 | HUD/RESPA, disclose adverse fact, earnest money | ||
| 12/08/08 | Treasury fraud scheme, "As Is", Finance contingency, Fair Housing | ||
| 12/01/08 | FNMA short sales, foreclosure, email delivery, mold | ||
| 11/24/08 | I.D. theft "red flags", foreclosure | ||
| 11/17/08 | foreclosure, termination of listing, new RECR usage | ||
| 11/10/08 | RECR, foreclosure, personal property | ||
| 11/03/08 | RECR, sealed bids, establishing agency, above-ground fuel storage tanks | ||
| 10/27/08 | commissions, advertising, condo issues, RE condition report | ||
| 10/20/08 | commission, Meagan's law, procuring cause, fences | ||
| 10/13/08 | commissions, foreclosure, inspection | ||
| 10/06/08 | prerecorded sales calls, foreclosure, trust accounts, personal property | ||
| 09/29/08 | safety, offer disclosure, advertising | ||
| 09/22/08 | pattern of sales, listing protection, commission incentive, disclose broker name | ||
| 09/15/08 | discipline cases, tax proration, condo: disability-related modifications | ||
| 09/08/08 | carbon monoxide alarms, DRL discipline, Email flyers, LBP disclosure | ||
| 09/02/08 | inspections, tenant cleaning fees, lease-purchase | ||
| 08/25/08 | loan servicers, landlord/tenant, DNR regs. for docks/piers | ||
| 08/18/08 | door prizes, procuring cause, foreclosure | ||
| 08/11/08 | Fee splitting, commissions, Offer to Purchase issues | ||
| 08/04/08 | listing contract termination, foreclosure, first-time homebuyer tax credit | ||
| 07/28/08 | amendments, financing, personal property | ||
| 07/14/08 | document delivery, disclose material adverse fact | ||
| 07/07/08 | property condition misrepresentation case | ||
| 06/30/08 | riparian rights, contract termination / short sale | ||
| 06/24/08 | material adverse fact, offer delivery, pre-closing repairs | ||
| 06/16/08 | mutual mistake of fact, document delivery, lead-based paint, advertising | ||
| 06/09/08 | inspections, contingencies, commission incentives | ||
| 06/02/08 | U.S. Dept. of Justice v. National Association of Realtors® case | ||
| 05/27/08 | inspections, leases, financing contingency, secondary offers | ||
| 05/19/08 | commission, showing rental property, agency, advertising | ||
| 05/12/08 | multiple representation, referral fees, mortgage fraud, tax proration | ||
| 05/05/08 | forms, commissions, referral fees, ADA, condos | ||
| 04/28/08 | forms issues, Condition Report, Megan's Law, no call list | ||
| 04/21/08 | no call list, rental weatherization, misc. agency | ||
| 04/14/08 | forms issues, "As Is", bonuses, safety | ||
| 04/07/08 | sales concessions, secondary offers, showing rental properties, fair housing | ||
| 03/31/08 | RESPA, home warranty fees | ||
| 03/24/08 | trust accounts, procuring cause, offer confidentiality, dates & deadlines | ||
| 03/17/08 | other offers, listing extension, agency disclosure, trust accounts | ||
| 02/18/08 | agency disclosure, foreclosure, trust accounts, condo occupancy, forms | ||
| 02/11/08 | listing contract, commission incentives, referral fees, new WB-1 | ||
| 02/04/08 | listing price, offer "subject to", offer presentation, environment/health (RECR) | ||
| 01/21/08 | new forms, listing protection, offer addendum, multiple representation | ||
| 01/07/08 | agency, foreclosure, listing termination, advertising | ||
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