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Why do you need an attorney when you purchase a home in New York State? The role of the attorney in the purchase process is to protect the buyer – to ensure that the buyer is receiving proper and clear title, which will avoid headaches (or nightmares) later for the buyer. When the attorneys enter […]

Along with all of the other changes 2020-2021 brought to laws and regulations for landlords, New York State added two new notice requirements for landlords to comply with: providing all tenants and applicants with (1) notice of reasonable accommodations and (2) a fair housing disclosure. NOTICE OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS Effective as of March 2, 2021, […]

If anyone remembers life before covid, major changes were made to New York law in 2019 pertaining to leasing and evictions. Below is a summary of some of the biggest changes made by the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSPTA): Leases: Security deposits: The amount of security cannot exceed the amount of one month […]

Title insurance is protection from financial loss due to defects in the title to a property. Title is the legal documentation showing ownership of and claims to property. Unlike liability or auto insurance which cover an unanticipated future event, title insurance provides coverage for something from the past that was not or could not be […]