The North Carolina Real Estate Commission has agreed to draft rules that would require home sellers to provide more information to buyers about past flood damages and flood risk.

In real estate transactions, one of the most important documents a seller will execute is the “Owner’s Affidavit” (also ...

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Q: As a home investor in several states, I find the practice of real estate disclosure to be an unethical mess. In most states, disclosure is mandatory for sellers and agents, while in others, the ...

I am 100% fine with what I put on the disclosure. There’s not an issue with it.” Richard Coughlin, a St. Louis-based real estate attorney, said the problem is non-disclosure.

Answer: Although legally you and the buyer could agree to no Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement, most buyers and their brokers would demand a disclosure statement even with an “as is” sale.

The property disclosure protects both the buyer and the seller by allowing the seller to disclose any material defects with the home. Completing the disclosure is a great reminder tool for any seller.

By law, home sellers must provide a disclosure statement in writing regarding the condition of their home. The contents of disclosure statements vary by state and municipality, but they must ...

One area of expertise Realtors have is in the area of “agency.” Since 1989, real estate licensees have been required by Ohio law to disclose to buyers and sellers who they represent in a real ...

Q: I am the executor of my mom’s estate and I have a question about the Michigan Seller’s Disclosure Statement. The past 16 months I lived in the home to take care of my mom until she passed.