Brian M. Dubuc's (dubuclaw) Blog

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=home&sid=aM0QF6wHRPoI Well - at least it rained yesterday.  In North Georgia these days, it is a good day when it rains. That is why I was interested to read the article at the link above.  In the midst of the current real estate drought, ther...

 Is the sky really falling? Before we go off the deep end - with Big Media, Big Government and Big Business telling us that we are getting ready to jump off a cliff - take a few deep breaths and relax.  I know times are trying - after all, I opened my own real estate transaction practice at the h...

This big market news this morning is housing starts.  They are down 6.2% and permit applications are down 8.9%.  Rather than gloom and doom, this is actually good news.  It is good because it is a sign of market capitulation - a bottom.  How long we stay at the bottom is anyone's guess.  I have a...

Having received a couple of responses to my post of yesterday, I thought that I would take a stab at discussing them. Every state regulates real estate closings in some form.  Part of the beauty of the federal system in which we live is that each jurisdiction can choose solutions to local issues ...

Georgia is one of those states - only attorneys are legally supposed to close real estate transactions - with very limited exceptions.  Yet, non-attorney entities constantly close deals here in Georgia. There are several other states that define real estate closings as the practice of law - South...