The licensing law contains a limited exclusion from the licensing requirement for persons employed by the owner for managing and maintaining multifamily residential properties. To rely on this exclusion, the regulations require the owner to retain all decision-making authority, including conditions of occupancy, negotiating leases and entering into leases with tenants.

No substantive changes to the eviction moratorium were made with this latest extension. However, the CDC also announced that this latest extension “is currently intended to be a final” extension and the “CDC does not plan to extend the order further.”

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made emergency rule changes to some of the timelines relating to residential eviction proceedings before magisterial district judges. These modified rules went into effect on Jan. 1, 2021. After seeking public comment and additional feedback on the modified rules, the Supreme Court recently announced it is modifying the timelines back to their original periods effective Jan. 1, 2022.

Realtors® should NOT rely upon their own review and judgment of whether a power of attorney is valid, nor on the judgment of the client.

The judge agreed with the argument that despite the “serious public health crisis” presented by COVID-19, the CDC exceeded its statutory authority when imposing the eviction moratorium.

Plainly stated, waiving the mortgage contingency has no effect on whether a buyer is allowed to obtain mortgage financing to complete the purchase.