Buying or selling real estate can be one of the most significant financial transactions you'll ever make. With high stakes involved, it's important to understand your rights should your contract be breached. In California, specific laws protect both buyers and sellers when things go wrong in a real estate deal. Knowing what...

Real estate transactions involve significant financial stakes, and when disputes arise, it’s extremely important to resolve them as quickly as possible. While litigation is an option, it's often costly and time-consuming. In California, many real estate disputes are resolved through mediation or arbitration—two forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that offer quicker,...

Buying a house is an exciting, and stressful, time. After all, buying a house is likely to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, purchase a person will make during their lifetime. Make sure you are protecting yourself throughout the process as missteps during home buying can have big and...

A real estate purchase is likely to be one of the biggest purchases of your whole life. People invest significant financial resources into real estate transactions. Because of the time, effort, and money that is poured into them, disclosures in real estate transactions become critical. State law recognizes that buyers have the...

Did you know that real estate ownership can take on different forms? It’s true. Each form of ownership can have its own unique and profound impacts on things like transfer of ownership and financing, as well as taxation and collateralization of the property. Because different forms of property ownership carry different implications...

If you are engaging the services of a building contractor, a solid contract is in everyone’s best interests. A strong, comprehensive contract can help set clear expectations for all parties involved by detailing everyone’s rights and responsibilities under the terms of the contract. Crafting a contract that helps avoid unwelcome surprises and...

Sellers of residential real estate property and their agents and brokers have a duty to disclose everything that a buyer would consider material to the purchase. Otherwise, they are liable for damages incurred by the Buyer.

Seller's Obligations

The Purchase Agreement and related Contract...

Are attorney fees available for a tenant suing a landlord for breach of implied warranty of habitability, even if there was an oral rental agreement (no attorney fee provision), and in a separate civil action apart from an unlawful detainer proceeding?

 The following is from a 2003 case in...