News & Analysis as of September 21, 2024

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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

Are Mortgage Rates and High Rents the Catalyst to “Quiet Quitting?”

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/12/2024

We have been reading recently about a new life phenomenon called “quiet quitting.” Essentially the concept is that one or both spouses are done with the relationship but neither has the energy or the resources to move on...more

A “Note” About Your Mortgage. There is a Difference.

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/6/2023

Most of us wander through life unconcerned about the vagaries of house finance laws until we decide we want a house. Candidly, because of how house purchases come about, most of us don’t know much about mortgage financing...more

Divorcing in an Expensive Housing Market

Blank Rome LLP on 4/20/2022

One of the economic aftershocks that stubbornly remains more than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began is the simultaneous spike in residential real estate prices and rents, and the plummeting inventory of available...more

Appellate Court Notes

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 8/25/2016

Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19496 - Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Echo Hose Ambulance - The issue of this case was whether or not an unpaid volunteer, in this case for an ambulance...more

Domestic Partnership Agreements: The Home and Joint Expenses

Carlton Fields on 7/27/2015

Partners may acquire a home together, and they may contribute different amounts toward the purchase price. During their relationship, they may contribute different amounts toward improvements, the mortgage, insurance, and...more

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