Modern Real Estate Finance and Land Transfer: A Transactional Approach

The Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect changes in the law since 2008, including case law and statutory responses to the mortgage crisis in residential real estate; foreclosure defense strategies; policy implications of the mortgage crisis, including the role of lawyers; the expanded role of ADR in real estate transactions; and securitization in light of the mortgage crisis.

Features:

• sophisticated, yet teachable--thoroughly explains complex legal, business, and tax issues in real estate transactions
• transactional, interdisciplinary approach
  • teaches the general rules of law
  • shows underlying rationale or policy
  • explores how (or whether) a rule can be superseded by mutual consent

• real-world examples and accessible explanations
• topical and chronological organization
  • coverage of both Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
  • follows lending cycle in modern real estate financing
• appropriate for both basic Real Estate course and advanced seminar
• relevant Questions and planning problems
• written by scholar-practitioners who blend practical skills with theory
• suited to both commercial and residential real estate transactions

Thoroughly updated, the revised Fifth Edition presents changes in the law since 2008:

• case law and statutory responses to the mortgage crisis in residential real estate
• foreclosure defense strategies
• policy implications of the mortgage crisis, including the role of lawyers
• the expanded role of ADR in real estate transactions
• securitization in light of the mortgage crisis