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"A book perfect for this moment" –Katherine M. O’Regan, Former Assistant Secretary, US Department of Housing and Urban Development More than fifty years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, American cities remain divided along the very same lines that this landmark legislation explicitly outlawed. Keeping Races in Their Places tells the story of these lines—who drew them, why they drew them, where they drew them, and how they continue to circumscribe residents’ opportunities to this very...

Buying or selling a home has always been a special moment for a family, yet it is also one of the most stressful ordeals that a family will go through. There are a multitude of choices available to first home buyers, such as new home versus resale; city, suburbs, or rural properties; detached house, condominium, or townhouse. What is right for your family? We have witnessed property values increase dramatically over the last several years and now we are looking at property stabilization or decre...

This text explains the aspects Nevada Real Estate Law that are examination subjects on the Nevada Real Estate Licensing Examinations for Brokers and salespersons. Each chapter is an overview of the law with the actual text of the law next to interpretive notes about it. This text takes the law's legalese language and explains it in plain English, helping the reader master legal concepts for the exam. Each chapter also has summary questions that reinforce material learned.

Construction Contract Administration for Project Owners is aimed at public and private owners of real estate and construction projects. The book is intended to assist owners in their contractual dealings with their designers and their contractors. Most owners are not primarily in the business of designing and building facilities. The fact that their primary business is not design and construction places them at a disadvantage when negotiating, drafting, and administering design agreements and co...

Practical Real Estate Law, Third Edition is designed to teach the practical and technical skills necessary to practice in the area of real property law. The text covers the subject matter areas which a practicing paralegal faces on a daily basis, in a lively and readable style. Each chapter contains a list of key terms, outlines and a complete glossary. The chapters also include examples of the legal principles discussed with illustrations and diagrams to make them easy to understand. A number o...

Routledge-Cavendish Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text, user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify, understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law, shouldn't you make Routledge-Cavendish Lawcards your essential revision companions? Fully updated and revised with all the most important recent legal developme...

Serving Two Masters, Yet Out of Control examines the two irreconcilable roles of The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). In effect these government sponsored enterprises serve two masters. As publicly owned corporations, they are required to maximize profitability for their shareholders; as government agencies, they have been assigned public missions for which they receive an implicit government subsidy. The size of thi...