Material Fact in Real Estate If you are selling your single-family residence, you should be well aware of California’s laws regarding a seller’s obligation to disclose material facts. The days of caveat emptor and buyer beware are long gone. In California, a seller...
Recently, a non-disclosure case involving eminent domain was decided in favor of the landlord and its real estate agents (collectively the “Defendants”). Somehow the court gave Defendants a pass for not disclosing the government’s intentions of condemning a portion of...
At Schorr Law our real estate attorneys frequently litigate disputes that arise out of the use of the California Association of Realtor (“CAR”) forms for residential and income producing property. In general, we find the forms are clear and well written. Most CAR...
Are Sellers required to disclose that their property is haunted? With Halloween approaching we have seen a lot of requests from the national media about whether sellers and agents have to disclose if a house is haunted. This is a fun topic and gives us an...
For real property non-disclosure cases the law is relatively clear. Where a seller knows of material facts and such facts are not known to the buyer and are not known to or are within the diligent attention and observation of the buyer the seller is under a duty to...
