Read the contract. However if the contract doesn't have language as to survival then the prior owner is most likely SOL.

I want to know my rights under a PA contract to purchase a home. The appraisal came in well below the agreed to purchase price,

From what you stated, you knowingly entered into this transaction with full knowledge that you would consummate the transaction without the...

Do I need a lawyer or who do I contact

This question is best directed to an astute loan officer.

My house was foreclosed on in 2008? The problem is, I had another parcel with a different address and different parcel number

You need to answer a simple question: when you took out the mortgage was it secured against both parcels or just the main parcel. This is a black...

I signed a contract to buy residential property "as is". A few days before closing, it flooded and damaged all of the basement

First and foremost, read the Contract carefully because the Contract will govern. However, having said that, and responding from a New York...

Firstly, stay focused. If there are two of you on a deed, it is BOTH yours and his/her Deed, and not just YOUR Deed. So establishing that to be...

Owner of our property will be replacing our kitchen

I think it would be more appropriate to thank him for the new kitchen.

Does Real property need to be registered with the Secretary of State??

No.

How do I change the name on a deed to a house? My parents died years ago leaving no valid will.

If you concede that Medicaid will be taking all the profits fr am eventual sale then why bother spending money to change the deed?

There is absolutely no difference. This fiction arose in jurisdictions where some sort of consideration had to be shown on the deed so it evolved...