Real Estate and Property Law Resources
Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae has been the nations largest source of home mortgage funds. Find information for homebuyers, relief for foreclosures, information on lenders and general financial resources on the corporation. Includes a library of downloadable mortgage documents, news updates, and the text of guide announcements and lender letters.
URL: http://www.fanniemae.com/
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - FDIC
The FDIC site has news of interest to the banking industry with federal banking laws and regulations, full text of FDIC publications and articles, statistical reports on banking, and up-to-the-minute information on the safety of deposits.
URL: http://www.fdic.gov/
Federal Emergency Management Agency - FEMA
The FEMA site contains a general guide to the before and after of natural disasters. Provides information on the National Flood Insurance Program, the U.S. Fire Administration, housing recovery after a disaster and FEMA mapping products. Includes a library and a collection of disaster photographs.
URL: http://www.fema.gov/
Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac is a private corporation created by congress. The site offers updated news items concerning home buying and foreclosure. Contains current and historical prime mortgage rate information and pages of information on mortgage and debt securites. All mortgage documents are available to be downloaded, organized by state.
URL: http://www.freddiemac.com/
Free Advice.com - Real Property
Free Advice.com's Real Property section contains a legal information online handbook explaining real property, and continues with resources and tutorials regarding various subtopics.
URL: http://real-estate-law.freeadvice.com/real-estate-law/
Hieros Gamos Real Estate and Property Law
Hieros Gamos - Real Estate and Property Law offers a large and comprehensive legal section for Real Estate, with links to federal and state agencies, organizations, cases, laws, regulation codes, publications, resources and much more.
URL: http://www.hg.org/realest.html
Homes and Communities
Site of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, this site is deep with practical content for real estate lawyers. Divided into five sections that covers topical areas, audience groups, HUD news, proposed and final rules, information on the general counsel and about HUD.
URL: http://www.hud.gov/
HUDCLIPS
HUD's official repository of policies, procedures, announcements and the like. CLIPS is short for "HUD Client Information and Policy System". Site contains a full text searchable database of all HUD's handbooks, notices, mortgagee, preservation and Title 1 letters. Also find codes, regulations, housing waivers and more.
URL: http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/
LII - Legal Information Institute - Property Tax Law
Cornell University's section on Property Tax Law summarizes the body of property tax law, discussing its agencies and sharing laws, cases, news and links.
URL: http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Property_tax
Land Law
Cornell University's section on Real Property includes a summary the body of real estate law.
URL: http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Real_property
Real-Estate Transaction Law
Cornell University's section on Real Estate Transaction Law delves into the specifics of real estate transactions and the national and state laws that regulate these transactions.
URL: http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Real_estate_transactions
Mortgage Law
Cornell University's overview of Mortgage Law .
URL: http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Mortgage
Megalaw - Property Law
Megalaw's Property Law lists resources on government agencies, real property law sites, newsletters and publications.
URL: http://www.megalaw.com/top/property.php
National Fair Housing Advocate
The National Fair Housing Advocate Online is a resource designed to serve both advocates and the general public with news and information regarding the issues of housing discrimination. Provides two databases of court and administrative decisions relating to fair housing, newsletter adn HUS guidance notices and memoranda.
URL: http://www.fairhousing.com/
Nolo - Real Estate Law
Use Nolo - Real Estate Law site to download legal forms for small business legal purchases, power of attorney and real estate. Tips for private home purchases included.
URL: http://www.nolo.com/resource.cfm/catID/B610DF8A-B9F2-429A-8B9B77A2E203513F/213/243/
Pension Real Estate Association
The Pension Real Estate Association is devoted to issues involving the ownership and investment of real estate by pension funds managers, portfolio managers and advisers.
URL: http://www.prea.org/
The People's Lawyer - Professor Richard M. Alderman
The People's Lawyer -- For more than 20 years, Richard Alderman has devoted his career to educating the public about the law, disseminating comprehensive legal advice as a public service. He also writes a syndicated column and has authored 14 books and numerous articles.
URL: http://www.peopleslawyer.net/
