Posts with tag real estate attorney

Saving your home from foreclosure with a mortgage modification has gotten much harder in California in recent months. The reason is a law passed by the State Legislature in September 2009 prohibiting lawyers from collecting any fees related to mortgage modifications from clients until the related work is finished. The law... Continue Reading »

When John Ullman wanted to sell his Portland, Ore. home 20 years ago, he knew he was going to have trouble selling it through conventional channels. "My wife was a potter, and we had a kiln in the backyard," he recalled. "By anyone's standards, that's a liability." By anyone's standards except another potter. So rather... Continue Reading »