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Arizona Real Estate Law Limits Time for Failure to Disclose Defects

One year after a buyer moves into a home, which was a new home when the seller purchased the home three years earlier, there is significant roof leaking due to heavy rains. A roofing contractor says that the cost to repair the roof will be $15,000. The roofing contractor also says that there is significant [...]

Can an Arizona Real Estate Listing Broker be Liable for Two Co-Broke Commissions?

Here is an interesting Arizona real estate law scenario: A seller signs a listing agreement with a list price of $200,000. The listing broker places this $200,000 listing in the Multiple Listing Service (“MLS”). The next morning the listing broker receives, at approximately the same time, cash offers for the $200,000.00 list price from two [...]

In AZ Real Estate Law Should Married Own Home as Community Property With Right of Survivorship?

In 1995 the Arizona legislature authorized a husband and wife to hold title to their home (and other real property and even personal property such as stocks and bonds) as community property with right of survivorship (“CPWROS”). Prior to this1995 Arizona real estate law a husband and wife either held title to their home as [...]

Property Transfer 101 The Common Means to Transfer Real Property Interests in Arizona

In Arizona, the most common types of deeds used to transfer an interest in real property are the general warranty deed, the special warranty deed, the quit claim deed and the beneficiary deed. As explained more fully below, the general warranty deed and the special warranty deed are used in most Arizona real estate law [...]

Test Your Arizona Real Estate Law IQ

If you have ever wanted to test your knowledge of Arizona and real estate law, here is a chance with the following four (4) questions & answers. 1. During the ten-day inspection period the buyer delivers to the seller a Buyers Inspection Notice and Sellers Response (BINSR) requesting that (1) missing roof shingles be replaced, [...]

The Standard for Lis Pendens or Pending Real Estate Litigation in Arizona

Often when filing a lawsuit for a specific performance for the sale of a home or other another real property contract, buyers will employ the customary legal tactic of contemporaneously recording a notice of lis pendens (lis pendens is Latin for “pending litigation”) with the County Recorder’s Office. The lis pendens places any other buyer [...]

The Pending Real Estate Litigation Standard in Arizona

When filing a lawsuit for specific performance for the sale of a home or other real property contract, buyers often employ the standard legal tactic of contemporaneously recording a notice of lis pendens (lis pendens is Latin for “pending litigation”) with the County Recorder’s Office. This lis pendens places any other buyer on notice that [...]