Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, August 8, September 18, 1990, Volume 4 |
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... purchase , the critical element in facili- tating their mutual desires . The realtor is the natural source for counseling on this important decision . The realtor has no incentive or motivation to service either the seller or the buyer ...
... purchase , the critical element in facili- tating their mutual desires . The realtor is the natural source for counseling on this important decision . The realtor has no incentive or motivation to service either the seller or the buyer ...
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... purchasing a part or all of these services as a package . One - stop shopping is here to stay . Homebuyers ' demands have also changed in response to the much wider variety of mortgage products today . They now desire more sophisticated ...
... purchasing a part or all of these services as a package . One - stop shopping is here to stay . Homebuyers ' demands have also changed in response to the much wider variety of mortgage products today . They now desire more sophisticated ...
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... purchase each service separately and at prevailing prices . This interpretation violates one of RESPA's primary purposes , which is to lower the cost of settle- ment services . RESPA has also been interpreted in a conflicting and ...
... purchase each service separately and at prevailing prices . This interpretation violates one of RESPA's primary purposes , which is to lower the cost of settle- ment services . RESPA has also been interpreted in a conflicting and ...
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... purchasing more than one service from a single provider . For example , we believe there should be full disclosure by the ... purchase of multiple services that offer cost savings to the customer . We also recommend that Congress and the ...
... purchasing more than one service from a single provider . For example , we believe there should be full disclosure by the ... purchase of multiple services that offer cost savings to the customer . We also recommend that Congress and the ...
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... purchase of a home , unsophisticated buyers and sellers could easily agree to sign documents they really did not fully understand in order to complete the transaction . States are enacting legislation in lieu of Federal action on RESPA ...
... purchase of a home , unsophisticated buyers and sellers could easily agree to sign documents they really did not fully understand in order to complete the transaction . States are enacting legislation in lieu of Federal action on RESPA ...
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Page 346 - System, notwithstanding that such rule or regulation may, after such act or omission, be amended or rescinded or be determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.
Page 353 - Any action under this section may be brought in any United States district court, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, within one year from the date of the occurrence of the violation.
Page 353 - ... in the prescribing of rules and regulations thereunder, or in securing information to serve as a basis for recommending further legislation concerning the matters to which this title relates.
Page 395 - No person shall give and no person shall accept any fee, kickback, or thing of value pursuant to any agreement or understanding, oral or otherwise, that business incident to or a part of a real estate settlement service involving a federally related mortgage loan shall be referred to any person.
Page 346 - No provision of this title imposing any liability shall apply to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, regulation, or interpretation thereof by the...
Page 351 - The franchisor exerts or has authority to exert a significant degree of control over the franchisee's method of operation, including but not limited to, the franchisee's business organization, promotional activities, management, marketing plan or business affairs; or (2) The franchisor gives significant assistance to the franchisee in the latter's method of operation, including, but not limited to, the franchisee's business organization, management, marketing plan, promotional activities...
Page 340 - Affairs, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Secretary of Agriculture.
Page 351 - fractional franchise" means any relationship, as denoted by paragraph (a) of this section, in which the person described therein as a franchisee, or any of the current directors or executive officers thereof, has been in the type of business represented by the franchise relationship for more than 2 years and the parties anticipated, or should have anticipated, at the time the agreement establishing the franchise relationship was reached, that the sales arising from the relationship would represent...
Page 148 - USC § 41 et sea., the Commission is charged with preventing unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The staff of the Federal Trade Commission, upon request by federal, state, and local governmental bodies, regularly analyzes regulatory proposals to identify provisions that may impede competition or increase costs without providing countervailing benefits to consumers. For several years, the Commission staff has examined the competitive effects of various restrictions...
Page 370 - In accepting employment as an agent, the Realtor pledges himself to protect and promote the interests of the client This obligation of absolute fidelity to the client's interest is primary, but it does not relieve the Realtor from the obligation of dealing fairly with all parties to the transaction.