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Hire A Home Inspector To Assist With a Masonite Siding and Wood Rot Problem

A homeowner’s supporting wood structure is rotting. He discovered the problem when replacing decayed Masonite siding, and wonders whether he has any recourse with the seller for not informing him about the problem. He might want to hire a home inspector now to determine the source of his problem and then proceed to fix it.

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Lawsuit May Be Only Way Out Of Real Estate Ownership Dispute With Family Member

Buying or owning real estate with family can be tricky. What can you do if when one family member stops contributing and won’t agree to sell. If the co-owner won’t ultimately agree to be removed from the title to a home on whose mortgage he’s made no payments, it may be necessary to file a partition suit.

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Home Inspection Problems May Lead To Seller Disclosure Lawsuit

When you’re buying a home you should have at least one home inspection that includes a look at the septic system. What’s found during that home inspection including the septic system depends on the caliber of home inspector you hire. If you discover problems with your septic system after the home inspection and after you’ve taken possession of the home, it may be a case of inadequate seller disclosure and you may be able to sue the seller for not telling you about the septic system problems.

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Low Appraisal Cancels Financing For Buyer

A low appraisal makes it impossible to get financing to buy a house. If there is a financing contingency in the contract, buyers can back out if they cannot secure financing by a certain date. Without a financing contingency, buyers could be sued to force the sale of the home they agreed to buy.

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Landscaping Fence Dispute On Rental Property

When you own rental property and the neighbor to your property sets up a fence that runs over your property line you may decide to ask the neighbor to move the fence. When the neighbor chooses to ignore your request you may have to hire an attorney and take the neighbor to court. Another option is to tear down the fence but you need to fully understand local regulations before doing that.

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Countrywide/Bank of America to Settle Largest Predatory Lending Lawsuit in History

Today’s $8.4 billion settlement covers about 400,000 borrowers in 11 states. But Bank of America is hoping that it can reach a settlement with borrowe…

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Class Action Lawsuit Against The Reserve Primary Fund

The Reserve Primary Fund
Ticker Symbol: RPRXX
Market: NASDAQ
Class Period: 9/16/2008 – 9/16/2008
Court: S.D. New York
Date of filing: 9/17/2008
Plain…

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Two More Filings

We’ll start to post these as we see them, courtesy of the Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse securities.stanford.edu/ DIGITAL LAW PROJECT …

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Let The Lawsuits Begin

On my radio show yesterday, listeners were so mad they were crying out for blood. “Who will go to jail for this,” they asked.

I said that when you co…

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