LAW 728 Real Estate Transactions
This course deals with residential and commercial real estate transactions and the different steps in a real estate transaction from the lawyer's initial contact with the client to the final closing of the transaction. Topics to be covered include: the market context for real estate transactions, purchase and sale agreements, the work of realtors, listing agreements with realtors, title insurance, financing arrangements, surveys and descriptions, deeds; mortgages, closing documents involved in a real estate closing, planned unit developments, condominiums, leases, and the ethical responsibilities of the attorney in representing the parties to a typical transaction.