GENERAL PROPERTY RESOURCES
GENERAL PROPERTY RESOURCES
Internet Resources
- Cornell LII: U.S. Real Property Law
- Provides an overview of property law with links to state laws.
- ABA Real Property and Probate and Trust
- ABA section website containing information on meetings, publications, links and other practice
information.
- ABA section website containing information on meetings, publications, links and other practice
- FindLaw: Property Law
- Gateway site to property law information on the web.
- LLRX-ResearchWire: Discoveries in Real Estate
- Guide to researching real estate law and information online.
- Property/Estates & Trusts – JURIST: The Law Professors’ Network
- Gateway site to property
information on the web, includes links to articles, course websites
cases, state laws and other information.
- Gateway site to property
- Nolo Legal Encyclopedia: Real Estate
- Consumer introduction to
real estate from the self-help legal publisher Nolo Press. Includes
sections on Buying a House, Selling a House, and Problems with
Neighbors.
- Consumer introduction to
- DIRT
- The internet discussion group for real estate professionals. Includes links to articles and
forms.
- The internet discussion group for real estate professionals. Includes links to articles and
- Open Directory - Society: Issues: Property Rights
- Provides links to websites and articles that discuss the social implications of property rights
and laws.
- Provides links to websites and articles that discuss the social implications of property rights
- CALI Property Lessons
Course Reserve Materials
- Cases and Text on Property, Casner, et al.
- Explanations and Examples: Property. 2nd Ed.
- Estates in Land and Future Interests. 2nd Ed. Makdisi.
- Intro. To the Law of Property, Moynihan.
- Property Video. Oct. 20, 2000. Malaguti.
- Property Video. Oct. 27, 2000. Malaguti.
- Property Videos 2004-2006. Corsaro.
Hornbooks and Nutshells
- Questions and Answers in Property.
- Real Property in a Nutshell. Roger Bernhardt and Ann M. Burkhart. On reserve.
- Estates in Land and Future Interests in a Nutshell. Lawrence W. Waggoner. On reserve.
- The Law of Property. William Stoebuck and Dale A. Whitman. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.
- Law of Future Interests. Lewis M. Simes. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.
- Mass. Law About Real Estate
- Mass. Registries of Deeds
- Mass. Law About Homestead
- Mass. Land Court Department
- Cornell LII: U.S. Real Estate Transaction Law
- Gives an overview with links to federal statutes and case law and state statutes.
- Cornell LII: U.S. Mortgage Law
- Provides an overview with links to federal statutes and case law, state statutes, and federal
agencies.
- Provides an overview with links to federal statutes and case law, state statutes, and federal
- Glossary of Real Estate and Mortgage Terms
- Housing Resources from the Consumer Information Center
- Gives links to publications on home purchasing and home improvement directed at consumers.
- National Mortgage News
- Contains news, information, and links for mortgage professionals.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Provides information for both consumers and housing professionals, including downloadable forms
and relevant laws and HUD publications.
- Provides information for both consumers and housing professionals, including downloadable forms
- Fannie Mae
- Includes resources for consumers on the home buying process and information on Fannie Mae
products and services.
- Includes resources for consumers on the home buying process and information on Fannie Mae
- Examining and Evaluating Title to Real Property in Mass. Hovey, et al.
- Mass. Conveyancer’s Handbook with Forms, Mendler.
- Real Estate Transactions. Burke.
- Real Estate Transactions, Goldstein & Korngold.
- Real Estate Transactions, Statutes, Forms, and Problems. Goldstein & Korngold.
- Title Standards. Mass. Conveyancer Assoc.
- Mass. Real Estate Law Sourcebook.
- Real Estate Finance in a Nutshell. On reserve.
- Real Estate Finance Law. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.
- Real Estate Law with Forms. Massachusetts Practice, Vols. 28 and 28A and 28B. On reserve.
- Handling Residential Real Estate Transactions in Massachusetts. MCLE. On reserve.
- Massachusetts Foreclosures. MCLE. On reserve.
- “Buying a House.” MSLAW Presents: A Question of Law
- Professor Anthony Copani moderates a discussion with Janet McLennan, a broker and owner of Century 21 McLennan & Company, Connie Sweabe, a mortgage originator with Fleet Mortgage Company, and MSLAW Professor Peter Malaguti.
- Mass. Law About Landlord and Tenant
- Cornell LII: Landlord-Tenant Law
- Gives an overview of landlord-tenant law, with links to federal statutes, regulations, and
decisions, state statutes, the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act,
and other resources.
- Gives an overview of landlord-tenant law, with links to federal statutes, regulations, and
- Federal Fair Housing Act
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Provides information for both consumers and housing professionals, including downloadable forms
and relevant laws and HUD publications.
- Provides information for both consumers and housing professionals, including downloadable forms
- Legal Tactics: Self-Defense for Tenants in Mass. Duke.
- Mass. Landlord Tenant Law. Warshaw.
- Mass. Landlord Tenant Practice: Law and Forms.
- Office and Retail Leasing. Lunder & Schuman.
- Residential Landlord-Tenant Law: A Modern Mass. Guide. Lapatin & Lerman.
- Residential Real Estate Basics. Dillingham.
- Landlord and Tenant Law Nutshell. 4th ed.
- See the Landlord-Tenant chapters in the hornbooks and treatises for general property law above.
- Landlord and Tenant Law with Forms. Massachusetts Practice, Vols. 33, 33A and 34. On reserve.
- Lease Drafting in Massachusetts. MCLE. On reserve.
- “Landlord-Tenant Law.” MSLAW Presents: A Question of Law.
- Professor Diane Sullivan moderates a discussion with Emil Ward, a practicing lawyer and author, Fairlie Dalton, an attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services in Lawrence, and MSLAW Professor Peter Malaguti.
LAND USE Internet Resources
- Cornell LII: Land Use
- Gateway site to land use law, including links to federal and state laws and court decisions,
government agencies and other internet sites.
- Gateway site to land use law, including links to federal and state laws and court decisions,
- Megalaw-Land Use & Zoning Law
- Contains links to federal and state laws and court decisions, government agencies, and internet
sites.
- Contains links to federal and state laws and court decisions, government agencies, and internet
Course Reserve Materials
- Land Use, Callies, et al.
- Land Use in a Nutshell. Robert R. Wright, and Morton Gitelman. On reserve.
- Urban Planning and Land Development Control Law. Donald G. Hagman and Julian Congrad Juergensmeyer. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.
- Massachusetts Zoning Manual. MCLE. On
reserve.
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