by Scott Sweitzer | Oct 5, 2018 | Industry, Real estate, Settlement, Trends
With the rise of cryptocurrency technologies like Bitcoin, there’s an opportunity to tap into a new market of real estate investors who prefer cryptocurrency transactions to traditional bank-backed currencies. It’s only a matter of time before Bitcoin will be used in...
by Prime Editorial Staff | Aug 25, 2018 | Industry, Legal, Local, Prime, Real estate, TOPA
Recent changes to the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) mean that single-family rental properties are now exempt from TOPA – except in very specific circumstances. In general, this means if you’re the owner of a single-family rental property, you no longer...
by Prime Editorial Staff | Jul 16, 2018 | Industry, Local, Real estate, Settlement, Trends
Everything is going digital these days, including home lending and home closings that used to require lengthy in-person meetings and signing with a pen in the physical presence of a notary. This could mean big changes for your real estate business. According to the...
by Prime Editorial Staff | Jun 6, 2018 | Industry, Legal, Local, Real estate, Settlement
Spring is historically the season with the greatest number of properties under contract in the DC metro area, which means now is a great time to take advantage of this liquidity and put property on the market. Owners and investors who are ready to cash out—whether for...
by Scott Sweitzer | May 9, 2018 | Legal, Prime, Real estate, Settlement, Uncategorized
Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes to Make Sure Your Settlement Goes Smoothly There are lots of things that can go sideways at settlement. We see it all the time. Realtors (particularly newer ones) make innocent mistakes that cause valuable deals to fall apart, or put them...
by Prime Editorial Staff | Mar 29, 2018 | Development, Industry, Real estate, Trends
Earlier this month, Prime Settlement was invited to the popular annual Spring Housing Briefing, sponsored by Apex Home Loans, one of the lending partners we regularly work with. It was an engaging daylong event packed with useful information that we think might be of...