United States
The United States: the market, agents and brokerages, commission rules and the cases that reshape them.
Remote online notarisation in Texas and Florida: the rules compared
How Texas and Florida each commission online notaries, check a signer's identity, keep the recording, cap the fee, and treat a deed that was notarised over a video link.
Texas property tax sales: bidding, deeds and the right to redeem
How a Texas tax sale runs under Tax Code chapters 33 and 34: the first-Tuesday auction, the bidder's tax statement, the officer's deed, redemption premiums and excess proceeds.
Texas sales agent licence: hours, exam, fees and the first renewal
How Texas licenses a real estate sales agent: 180 classroom hours, fingerprints, a two-part exam, a sponsoring broker, the published fees, renewal education and the broker step.
Texas seller's disclosure notice: who gives it, when and what it asks
Section 5.008 of the Texas Property Code makes most home sellers hand over a written notice of the property's condition. Who is covered, what the form asks and what a late notice costs.
Texas title agents and escrow officers: licences, bonds and audits
How Texas supervises the people who close a home sale: the title agent's licence, bond and yearly trust fund audit, the escrow officer's licence, the fixed premium and where complaints go.
Texas: who can legally be paid a real estate commission
Texas law lets a broker share a commission only with licence holders. How sales agents are paid, when a rebate is allowed, the US$50 gift line and when a broker can sue.
What US$100,000 rents: a Memphis house, a San Jose one-bedroom
A Zillow analysis of 7 October sets a US$2,500 rent budget against the 50 largest US metros: four bedrooms in Memphis, 650 square feet in San Jose.
AFIDA in the United States: how foreign owners report farmland
A foreign person who takes an interest in US agricultural land has 90 days to tell the Department of Agriculture. Who is covered, what counts as farmland, and what a late report costs.
Who must conduct a US home closing? Attorney states and escrow states
Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina each require a lawyer in a home closing, but not for the same steps. How their rules compare with Washington's escrow model.
Auctioneer licences in Alabama, South Carolina and Kentucky explained
Three southern states license auctioneers in three different ways. Apprenticeship, classroom hours, fees, bond or recovery fund, renewal and the rules for selling real estate.
Auctioneer licences in Illinois, Tennessee and Virginia: the rules
Illinois, Tennessee and Virginia each license the person who calls the bids. Training, exams, fees, bonds, renewal and the rules for selling real estate at auction, state by state.
Indiana's fund, Louisiana's bond, Wisconsin's register: auctioneer law
How Indiana, Wisconsin and Louisiana license auctioneers: who is exempt, the exam, fees, the recovery fund or bond, renewal, reciprocity and what each law says on real estate.
US auctioneer licences: Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania compared
Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania each license auctioneers under their own statute. Their age, training, exam, fee and consumer protection rules are compared here.
Calling bids in North Carolina, Georgia and Ohio: the licence rules
North Carolina, Georgia and Ohio each license auctioneers their own way. Training, exams, fees, recovery funds, renewal dates and the rules for selling land are set out here.
Closing day on a US home purchase: papers, wires and what follows
What federal rules and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau say about closing day in the United States: who attends, what is signed, wire warnings, rescission and servicing notices.
Buying a US condo or HOA home: what lenders check about the project
How Fannie Mae and the FHA judge a condominium project in the United States, from reserves and critical repairs to special assessments, dues and the association's lien.
USA: 2026 conforming loan limits, jumbo loans and cancelling PMI
The 2026 conforming loan limit is US$832,750 for a one-unit home. How the figure is set, when a mortgage becomes a jumbo loan, and the points at which private mortgage insurance ends.
US tax rules when real estate is paid for in digital assets
How the IRS treats digital assets used to buy or sell US real estate: property rules, basis, the Form 1040 question, and the 2026 changes to Forms 1099-S and 1099-DA.
US mortgage AI denials: what the adverse action notice must say
When a model declines a home loan in the United States, federal law still asks for specific reasons. The clock, the content, the sample forms and where the CFPB circulars stand.
US electronic recording of deeds: URPERA, ESIGN and county rules
How a deed or mortgage reaches the public record electronically in the United States: the federal ESIGN Act, the state acts built on it, and what a recorder may accept.