Cases and Materials on Real Estate Transfer, Finanace and Development

• Covers real estate transfer contracts for the sale of land deeds and titles • Examines the use of mortgage substitutes, rights, and duties prior to foreclosure • Looks at development subdivisions, condominiums, and cooperatives In this edition the authors highlight the reasons for the real estate industry's collapse and the advent of the new regulatory structures that resulted. Mortgage loans are increasingly being "securitized" to provide better and more competitive access to capital, and the discussion of the corresponding legal issues has been enlarged. In addition, Congress has given much-needed attention to the liability of lenders for contamination of real estate by hazardous waste. The authors have given these matters expanded and updated treatment. Liberally edited cases focus on the significant mortgage law issues.