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More Than Half of Buyers Now Put Down 20% or More

Pro Builder

Rising down payments result in a drop of FHA and VA-issued mortgages, which insure zero and low down payment options. Mortgages that conform to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines made up 74% of mortgages issued in May compared to 65% in 2018 and 2019. They are on the bottom of the hierarchy".

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New Maryland Real Estate Laws from the 2020 Legislative Session

Green Building Law Update

Given that real estate accounted for more than 25% of the gross state product (the state Gross Domestic Product) in Maryland last year and that more than 650,000 rent cases were filed in the Maryland courts in 2019, more than anything else the courts adjudicated, some have suggested the legislature might focus more of its efforts on real estate.

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#85:  Who Decides Arbitrability?

NH Construction Law

455 (2019). 524, 529 (2019), which likewise involved a contract incorporating the AAA rules, makes the point: “When the parties’ contract delegates the arbitrability question to an arbitrator, a court may not override the contract. New York Life Insurance Company , 2019 DNH 190, No. 150 Realty, LLC , 172 N.H.

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