The Community Association Letter (GAR Form F322) has gone through many iterations over the years and changes to who in the transaction is responsible for procuring the letter, paying the relevant fees and what information is expected to be disclosed by the seller. ...
When you receive a copy of a survey for a property you're about to list or your client is looking to buy, do you know what details to look for to make sure it is free of an encumbrances that may create problems in the future? Our friends at McClung Surveying created a...
Property Tax assessments are beginning to roll out, which means the time to appeal your property taxes is forthcoming should you decide to do so. Our resident property tax attorney, Hap Richardson of HLR Law, has a few tips to get you started: Find the 2022 Notice of...
GAR Form contract changes occur every year in January and typically again in May. Last month, several changes came out and our attorney, Dal Burton, Jr., broke them down for us below. The full list of changes is attached at the bottom of this article. Purchase &...
Caveat emptor, or buyer beware, is still the law in Georgia. It is the buyer’s duty (not just right) to inspect the property for their own purposes. This means that the buyer is assumed to know about defects that are obvious and latent. There is no confidential or...
April is National Fair Housing Month. The Fair Housing Act (FHA) became law in April 1968 as the Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which was a landmark piece of legislation. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the FHA into law one week after the assassination...
We had the pleasure of attending the Atlanta Realtor's Annual Real Estate Summit on Friday, March 4th to get some insight into the current state of the economy and specifically the impact we're feeling here in Atlanta in our industry. David Haddow, President of Haddow...
Georgia law provides that anything permanently attached to land or to the buildings is a part of the property. It further states that “anything which is intended to remain permanent in its places even if it is not actually attached to the land is a fixture which is...
The beginning of the year comes new goals, new resolutions and in the real estate industry, new changes to the GAR Contract. We just wrapped up our 2022 GAR Contract Changes class roadshow and it was a huge success. We taught five classes over the course of four...
The beginning of the year is a great time to remind your database to apply for their Homestead Exemption, if they've bought a house since January 1, 2021. In all metro-area counties, they'll have until April 1 to apply, but as we all know, time goes by fast, so we...