Can Buyer cancel purchase offer 4 days after execution and 1 day before earnest money deposit is due?

Dear Lancaster, While it appears from the little we know the Buyer is breaching the agreement, I will guess there is a liquidated damages clause...

To answer your direct question directly, yes you can back out of the deal IF the deed has not been issued to you yet. However, according to the...

Closing on a bank owned property and previous owners are still living there

Dear York, Tread lightly! This is not as easy as your agent or the bank's representative tells you. I am representing an occupant in York now...

Can a mortgage company report a mortgage debt on a personal credit bureau if it was not reaffirmed in bankruptcy?

Dear West Chester, The lenders may (and most likely must) report debts discharged in bankruptcy, foreclosure proceedings (if begun), judgments...

In the state of Pa, when a Lender forecloses on a home, what happens to Jr liens and judgmentsI?

Dear Lancaster, Be very careful as your title company will insure the title, but except out any lien or encumbrance of record. Insist that the...

Dear Harrisville, You already closed on the home WITHOUT a pre-settlement walk-through which would have disclosed the issue. In other words,...

Buying a house and neighbor is encroaching on our property

Dear Selinsgrove, In all deference, it is not as simple as you suggest. Is this a separate, subdivided parcel? Is your mortgage lender...

Buyer backed out of cash sale at very last minute. This was a month ago. How long until I should receive earnest money?

Dear Darby, While you may a claim for the earnest monies if there was a default, you do not automatically receive anything, and may get nothing....

How do i word in legal terms for house foreclosure that im on the deed but not on the loan so im not financially responsible

Dear York, You may not be financially liable, but because your name is on the deed the lender must name you in the foreclosure suit to be able...

Paying a mortgage on a home not in your name?

IF the home was titled to Mom and Dad as Tenants by the Entirety, and later the bank issued a mortgage loan to Dad only, AND Mom is not on any of...