Mortgages. ORS 86.010 to 86.275 generally address the rights and duties of lenders and borrowers owning land secured by a mortgage. The process of foreclosing
AFFIDAVIT OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS [This Affidavit should only be used in sale transactions being closed by escrow.] Internal Revenue Code Section 1445[1] provides
As most taxpayers know by now, the TCJA reduced the available mortgage interest deduction from $1,000,000, to $750,000.[1] Essentially, if one bought a home today
Lest folks believe we’re experiencing a gradual decline in the number of foreclosures Portlanders are experiencing, the answer is a resounding “No!” According to a May
Introduction. Armageddon? End Times? The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Lately, it appears that Mother Nature has been working overtime, what with floods, earthquakes, landslides,
The laws against discrimination have been in existence ever since the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) was passed
[Note: This is the second in a two-part series in managing brokerage risk. In the first article [here] I discussed managing risk “from the top
On July 11, 2012, Oregon’s mandatory mediation law will go into effect. For a summary of the law and time lines, go to my posts
Doublethink: “…the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. … To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in
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