Examples & Explanations for Real Estate Transactions, Eighth Edition

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Authors

Barlow Burke

Series / Examples & Explanations Series

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Book length

492 pages

Publication Date

2026-08-10

Edition

Eighth Edition

Description

Table of contents

Preface

Now in its Eighth Edition, Examples & Explanations for Real Estate Transactions continues to offer a clear and up-to-date introduction to the financing, mortgaging, and conveyancing of real property. Through concise, well-crafted examples, Barlow Burke explains complex concepts using the proven and highly effective Examples & Explanations format, providing students with a comprehensive and practical overview of real estate transactions.

New to the Eighth Edition:

Updated coverage on recent antitrust actions taken against the National Association of Realtors
The latest exploration into reshaping buyer-broker commissions and the brokerage industry
New examples and broadened explanations accounting for the latest changes in real estate law

Table of Contents

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 American Conveyancing and Professional
Responsibility
Chapter 2 Real Estate Brokers
Chapter 3 Contract Risk of Loss and Equitable Conversion
Chapter 4 The Statute of Frauds in Real Property Transactions
Chapter 5 Contract of Sale Conditions
Chapter 6 Remedies for Breach of Contract
Chapter 7 Deeds
Chapter 8 Deed Descriptions
Chapter 9 Recording Acts
Chapter 10 Title Searches, Abstracts, Title Insurance, Reforms, and Torrens Laws
Chapter 11 Closings
Chapter 12 Mortgage Lenders and Markets
Chapter 13 Variations on Conventional Mortgages
Chapter 14 Equitable Mortgages
Chapter 15 Junior Liens and Mezzanine Finance
Chapter 16 Payments, Prepayments, and Transfers of the Mortgage
Chapter 17 Pre- Foreclosure Remedies
Chapter 18 Foreclosures
Chapter 19 Real Estate in Trouble

Index