This indispensable text has been updated to include a variety of new topics, case studies, legal trends, and expanded discussions. Contemporary topics such as limited liability companies, condominiums, the Fair Housing Act, predatory lending, subprime loans, green development, and many more are explored in great depth, ensuring that Real Estate Law continues to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage possible.Table of ContentsPart I: Nature of Real Estate LawChapter 1: Introduction to Law and Legal SystemsChapter 2: Real and Personal PropertyChapter 3: Land, Water, and Air RightsPart II: Legal Interests in Real EstateChapter 4: Estates in LandChapter 5: Co-OwnershipChapter 6: Condominiums, Cooperatives, Time-Shares, and Real Estate InvestmentsChapter 7: The LeaseholdChapter 8: The Landlord-Tenant RelationshipChapter 9: Easements and Other Nonpossessory RightsPart III: Purchase AgreementsChapter 10: Basic Contract LawChapter 11: Real Estate Purchase ContractChapter 12: Agency and BrokerageChapter 13: Fraud and MisrepresentationPart IV: Closing the TransactionChapter 14: Escrow ClosingChapter 15: Involuntary Liens Against TitleChapter 16: DeedsChapter 17: Land DescriptionsChapter 18: Involuntary TransfersChapter 19: Recording and Assurance of TitleChapter 20: Closing the Real Estate TransactionPart V: Financing the TransactionChapter 21: MortgagesChapter 22: Land Installment ContractsPart VI: Government RegulationChapter 23: Fair Housing LawsChapter 24: Land Use: The Constitution and the PlanChapter 25: Regulation of Land DevelopmentChapter 26: Environmental Law