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Florida Real Estate Law
Sharing What I Know About Florida Real Estate Law
About5 Issues to Know About Florida Real Estate Closings (2026)
Here in South Florida, closings on residential real estate happen every day. Condos are purchased as retirement homes and as investment property; homes in neighborhoods like Coconut Grove, Brickell, Broward and Palm Beach are sold to families that may be moving across...
Big Changes In Florida Real Estate Closings: The HUD-1 Settlement Form Replaced With TRID
Last Update: 02/10/16 On August 1, 2015, closings will be different here because of changes in federal law and replacement of HUD-1 Form As part of any closing on residential real estate (homes, condos, townhouses, vacation property, etc.) federal law requires that...
Title Insurance and Closing Your Florida Home Purchase
Last Update: 3/25/20 Learn about protecting your home from title problems caused by common title defects. When you buy a house or other residential real estate here in Florida, you are buying both the land as well as the improvements to the property (the building, the...
Real Estate Closings: Negotiating Closing Costs
Last Update: 4/17/18 Buying any home or condo in Florida, or any piece of residential real estate, means that the buyer and the seller must go through the “closing process,” which may be the only time, or one of the few times, that they have to go to a real estate...
Inherited Property And Partition: When Your Sibling Won’t Sell
Last Update: 2/10/26 In this article, we'll break down: What happens when one sibling is living in an inherited property and refuses to sell? Brothers and sisters and other heirs sharing ownership of inherited property 5 Common problems when siblings inherit a house...
Selling the House After a Florida Divorce: Is Partition the Answer?
Last Update: 4/1/22 You live in Florida and you just got divorced or you were divorced or live in a different state or country and own a home in Florida. The divorce was finalized, but ownership and how the home is to be disposed of weren’t mentioned or adequately...
Escrow/Deposit Problems in Florida Residential Real Estate Closings
Last Update: 2/18/18 When you are buying a home here in South Florida, or you are trying to sell a house or condo somewhere in the Miami - Palm Beach - Fort Lauderdale area, there are certain steps that are automatic in every residential transaction. The buyer makes...
Florida Residential Closings and Price Changes: Is The Buyer’s Offer Set in Stone?
Last Update: 02/24/16 Buying a house or a condo here in South Florida may be the biggest purchase that someone makes in their lifetime, or one of the biggest. Buyers surf the web looking for the perfect home, as well as visiting potential properties with their real...
How Important is Title in a Florida Residential Real Estate Closing?
Last Update: 3/6/18 Closings for residential real estate (homes, condos) are often held at the offices of title companies here in South Florida (even though most real estate lawyers will close a transaction at no additional cost). One of the most important aspects of...
Closing on Florida Real Estate: Buyer’s Documents at Closing
Last Update: 4/17/18 At the closing table for the purchase of a home or condo here in South Florida, buyers, both native to Florida as well as those who have recently moved here, or out of state residents purchasing a vacation home, will have lots of paperwork to...
