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1044 If Owner or Landlord Does Not Move Tenant Has Right to Evict
Property owners and landlords have long fought the battle to find and keep good tenants. Many owners and landlords have had the unpleasant experience of evicting a tenant for nonpayment of rent or for some other breach of the lease.
Posted on Apr-15-2011

571 Real Estate Law Answers About Cancellation of Listing Agreements
There is some confusion about the cancellation of real estate listing agreements. Is a listing agreement signed by both spouses cancelled if one spouse dies?
Posted on Mar-24-2011

546 Mediation Is Alternative To Litigation For Dispute Resolution
Disputes between parties arise every day. While many adversaries rush to the courthouse to file a lawsuit, this is often the most expensive and time-consuming option.
Posted on Feb-24-2011

638 Arizona Real Estate Law Limits Time for Failure to Disclose Defects
One year after a buyer moves into a home, which was a new home when the seller purchased the home three years earlier, there is significant roof leaking due to heavy rains.
Posted on Jan-25-2011

895 The Standard for Lis Pendens or Pending Real Estate Litigation in Arizona
Often when filing a lawsuit for a specific performance for the sale of a home or other another real property contract, buyers will employ the customary legal tactic of contemporaneously recording a notice of lis pendens (lis pendens is Latin for “pending litigation”) with the County Recorder’s Office.
Posted on Aug-25-2010

986 Update on Court Decisions and the Arizona Anti-Deficiency Statutes
Arizona and a small minority of other states have adopted anti-deficiency statutes to prohibit a homeowner's personal liability after losing a home to foreclosure. In the past two years there has been both a rapid increase in homeowners Arizona who default on mortgage home loans and a rapid decline in home values.
Posted on May-28-2010

588 Jury Awards Large Commission in Commercial Property Dispute
One of the largest jury verdicts awarding a brokerage commission in Arizona history was recently awarded from a commercial property dispute. A Scottsdale real estate agent was awarded a commission of $420,000 against a brokerage firm who had listed a large office building in north Scottsdale in this.
Posted on May-12-2010

698 Protection for Arizona Homeowners Who Default on Mortgage Loans Secured By Their Home
In the current Arizona real estate market there is confusion about a homeowner’s liability to the lender for a home that is “upside down,” i.e., the home is worth less than the amount of the loan on the home.
Posted on Mar-19-2010