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.
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.
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Along with this measure, the legislature also passed House Bill 854 on June 9, with new language extending all of the regulatory waivers that had been issued under the emergency order. Those waivers, including one that allow livestreamed education courses to be counted under the rules applicable to in-person courses, are now extended to Sept. 30. HB854 was approved by both the Senate and House of Representatives and now moves to the governor’s desk for his signature.
Read MorePAR has continued to update its resource section regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus).
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Realtors® responded to changes that were thrust upon us in a short period of time during the pandemic and really demonstrated our professionalism and dedication to our clients.
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If you were thinking there’s nothing new to say about COVID-19 after 16 months, you’d be thinking wrong.
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With occupancy rates and bookings down, some hotels have been converted into a variety of different types of housing, including multifamily housing, workforce housing, housing for veterans, housing for health care workers, senior housing or assisted living, student housing and housing for homeless.
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On Thursday, May 13, the Centers for Disease Control issued new public health guidance for fully vaccinated people. The key takeaway is that “fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal or territorial laws, rules and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.” But before you get too excited, let’s break that down and see how it might apply to real estate practice in Pennsylvania.
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