Realty World - Silverado » Real Estate Law http://rwsilverado.com Serving you since 2004 | 925-957-0800 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Very little new regulation for Real Estate Agents http://harlangriswold.com/2010/01/19/very-little-new-regulation-for-real-estate-agents/ http://harlangriswold.com/2010/01/19/very-little-new-regulation-for-real-estate-agents/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:03:00 +0000 Harlan Griswold III http://rwsilverado.com/2010/01/19/very-little-new-regulation-for-real-estate-agents/ Are they blameless in this real estate debacle?
I find it interesting that real estate agents seemed to have dodged any significant regulation as a result of the meltdown in Real Estate. While lenders and appraisers have had massive changes in how they are allowed to do business (see related blog postings), almost no [...]

]]> http://harlangriswold.com/2010/01/19/very-little-new-regulation-for-real-estate-agents/feed/ 0 AB-957 – Buyers get to choose escrow now http://harlangriswold.com/2009/10/15/ab-957-%E2%80%93-buyers-get-to-chose-escrow-now/ http://harlangriswold.com/2009/10/15/ab-957-%E2%80%93-buyers-get-to-chose-escrow-now/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:21:00 +0000 Harlan Griswold III http://rwsilverado.com/2009/10/15/ab-957-%e2%80%93-buyers-get-to-choose-escrow-now/ I may have helped this become a reality
Of my many complaints about adverse changes in the real estate industry, my number one complaint has been buyers being forced by banks to use No Name Escrow companies. These (bank (REO) chosen) escrow companies were often far away, usually in S. California and they provided terrible [...]

]]> http://harlangriswold.com/2009/10/15/ab-957-%E2%80%93-buyers-get-to-chose-escrow-now/feed/ 0 USING A LAWYER FOR SHORT SALES http://harlangriswold.com/2009/08/16/using-a-lawyer-for-short-sales/ http://harlangriswold.com/2009/08/16/using-a-lawyer-for-short-sales/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:49:00 +0000 Harlan Griswold III http://rwsilverado.com/2009/08/16/using-a-lawyer-for-short-sales/ In the last two years, agents have told their buyers “short sales are to be avoided like the plague”. Some of the reasons included:

The servicing agents were overwhelmed; it took weeks or months for a response.
The lender was not realistic about values, asking for more than it was worth.
Second leinholders refused to cooperate.
Agent commissions [...]

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