In California, the basic principles followed governing title to real property were derived from England’s Common Law generally implemented by case law known as stare decisis. This term is Latin for "to stand by a decision". Stare decisis is applied as a d
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Stigmatized property is a home or apartment where there has been a suicide, murder, cult activity, AIDS, famous adulteries, or other misfortunes and crimes. Examples include the house that Nicole Simpson was murdered in, which sold for much less than des
Continue reading >>A contract is enforceable against all parties who signed the agreement. When one party breaches the contract, the other party usually seeks money damages in a sum equal to the loss suffered from the breach. Sometimes courts will order the party who breach
Continue reading >>A holdover seller is one who remains in a property after a real estate transfer has occurred and closing has taken place. The new real estate owner may find it difficult to remove the previous occupant from the property once the title has been transferred
Continue reading >>Property owners are, of course, accumstomed to government regulation of property ownership and use through zoning restrictions, building restrictions, public easements, property taxation, nuisance laws that prevent blight and keep private property owners
Continue reading >>A life estate is a real property interest for life, after which the property reverts back to the owner, his family, or a designated third party. It is a possessory interest in which the life tenant has the right to use and benefit from the property. The
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