All Real Estate In Pennsylvania Reopened With New Guidance
On May 19, the Wolf administration issued new statewide real estate guidance that applies to all real estate transactions in Pennsylvania. Though it’s definitely not “business as usual” for Realtors®, this new guidance opens up the industry with uniform rules across all markets and eliminates much of the confusing and contradictory information that had been put out in previous documents.
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Debunking Rumors Based on Legal Hotline Questions
We’ve heard several issues from members in the past several days, which prompted me to produce a video on Monday. Here is a brief summary of some of the issues you need to be aware of: A new phone call/email scam requesting social security numbers. A few members report that they’ve received phone calls or emails from individuals claiming […]
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Signed Senate Bill 841 Has Three Real Estate-Related Issues
Gov. Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 841 yesterday and is effective immediately. Though most of the bill is on different topics, it contains three elements relevant to real estate.
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Real Estate Non-Compliance Complaints Being Reviewed by State
Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs staff has confirmed to PAR that prosecutors are reviewing complaints based on alleged non-compliance with the business closure orders, and that investigators following up on those complaints.
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Real Estate Commission Issues BPO Regulations
New BPO regulations were recently published by the Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission, implementing legislation that was passed in 2018.
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Ethics in the Time of COVID-19
Adherence to the Realtor® Code of Ethics is one of the things that sets you apart from mere licensees, and living by the Code is more important than ever in these uncertain times.
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COVID-19 Addendum Available for Use
The COVID-19 Addendum to the Agreement of Sale can be used to modify the terms of the sales agreement in the event third-party services become unavailable or so limited that meeting deadlines in the sales agreement are impossible or impractical.
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Updates on COVID-19 and Real Estate in Pennsylvania
Since real estate transactions are dependent on so many third-party service providers, the complexity of each individual question is complicated by many orders of magnitude.
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Legal hotline: Do’s and don’ts
Several weeks after the legal hotline moved in-house, I thought it would be a good idea to review a few things that will make your (and our) hotline experience a little smoother.
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Facebook and fair housing
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a formal complaint against Facebook earlier this month alleging that the company violates the Fair Housing Act by allowing housing-related advertisers to select an audience based on interests related to things like disability, familial status, religion and ethnicity, among others.
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