Significant changes in real estate transfer taxes explainedBy Todd M Turner & Stephen J. BochenekReal Estate Law, February 2005Public Act 93-657 (SB 1883), effective June 1, 2004, amended the Real Estate Transfer Tax Law (35 ILCS 200/31-1 et seq.).
A comparison of single-family residential contract formsBy Steven P. ZimmermanReal Estate Law, December 2004The landmark case of Chicago Bar Association v. Quinlan and Tyson, Inc., 34 Il.2d 116, 214 N.E.2d 771 (1966), continues to define the right of licensed brokers and their agents (collectively, real estate licensees) to prepare real estate contracts on forms customarily used in the community while prohibiting these real estate licensees from engaging in other actions which would constitute the unauthorized practice of law.
A late summer real estate miscellanyBy Gary R. GehlbachReal Estate Law, September 2004The ebb and flow of real estate transactions produce various and sundry issues that may be applicable to transactional attorneys.
