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Welcome to the Snell & Wilmer real estate litigation blog. Check back here often for useful news and information about current topics involving real estate litigation. We hope that you will find the blog both timely and helpful, and we invite you to join the discussion by posting comments about the articles and contacting the authors with your thoughts about the posts.
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Recent Posts
- The Unwavering Un-waivable Implied Warranty of Workmanship and Habitability in Arizona
- Liquidated Damages: Too High and It’s a Penalty. Too Low and You’re Out of Luck.
- The Arizona Supreme Court Confirms that Judgment Liens Attach to Homestead Property
- Don’t Be Lazy with Your Tenders
- Can I Record a Lis Pendens in Arizona if the Lawsuit is filed Another Jurisdiction?
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- Bankruptcy
- Commercial Real Estate Industry
- Construction and Development
- Environmental
- Evictions
- Foreclosures
- Guaranty Contracts
- Judgment Liens
- Medical Marijuana
- Real Estate and Bankruptcy
- Real Estate Appraiser Litigation
- Real Estate Broker Litigation
- Real Estate Purchase/Sale Transaction Litigation
- Real Estate Receivers
- Statutes Affecting Real Estate
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Can a Home Builder Disclaim Implied Warranties of Workmanship and Habitability?
By: Kevin J. Parker In a recent Arizona Court of Appeals case, Zambrano v. M & RC II LLC, 2021 WL 3204491 (7/29/2021), the Court of Appeals addressed the question whether a home builder’s attempt to disclaim implied warranties of … Continue reading
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Tagged caveat emptor, construction warranties, home construction, implied warranties, real estate litigation, Warranty of Habitability, warranty of workmanship
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Married Couple’s Acquisition of Title as Joint Tenants Does Not Rebut the Presumption of Community Property
By: Kevin J. Parker https://www.swlaw.com/people/kevin_parker In re Brace, 470 P.3d 15 (Cal. 2020), a California married couple acquired real property with community funds, and took title as “husband and wife as joint tenants.” When the husband filed a chapter 7 … Continue reading
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Tagged community property, joint tenancy, real estate litigation
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Does a Landlord’s Violation of the Arizona Residential Landlord-Tenant Act Constitute Negligence Per Se?
By: Kevin J. Parker In a recent Arizona Court of Appeals case, Ibarra v. Gastelum, 2020 WL 4218020 (7/23/20), the Court of Appeals addressed the question whether – in a tenant’s personal injury claim against the landlord – a landlord’s … Continue reading
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Tagged negligence per se, personal injury, real estate litigation, residential landlord tenant
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Does a Broker Forfeit His or Her Commission for Technical Non-Compliance with Department of Real Estate Statutory Requirements?
By: Kevin J. Parker In a recent Arizona Court of Appeals case, CK Revocable Trust v. My Home Group Real Estate LLC, 2020 WL 4306183 (7/28/2020), the Court of Appeals addressed the distinction between “substantive” and “technical” statutory requirements for … Continue reading
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Tagged brokerage agreements, forfeiture of commission, real estate litigation, violation of Department of Real Estate regulations
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Foreclosure Deficiency: Construction Loan vs. Home Improvement Loan
By: Kevin J. Parker In a recent Arizona Court of Appeals case, Helvetica Servicing, Inc., v. Pasquan, 2019 WL 3820015, (8/15/19), the Court of Appeals addressed the distinction between (1) a construction loan (or refinance of same) and (2) a … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-deficiency, Deficiency judgment, foreclosure, real estate litigation
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Vacation Rentals: Liability of the Owner for Injury Suffered by the Renter
By: Kevin J. Parker With the explosion of the “private” rental business wherein residential property owners rent their house or condo on a short-term basis to third-parties, certain legal issues have arisen with regard to the duties owed by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Premises liability, real estate litigation, Vacation rentals
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Court Addresses HOA Attempt to Restrict Short Term Rentals
By: Kevin J. Parker In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court addressed an attempt by a homeowners’ association (“HOA”) to restrict short-term rentals based upon recorded Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (“CC&Rs”) applicable to a residential subdivision. The property was … Continue reading
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Tagged real estate litigation, Restrictions on short term rentals, restrictive covenant
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Arizona Court Determines Statute of Limitations Applicable to a Claim for Reformation of a Deed of Trust (and a Related Claim for Declaratory Judgment)
By: Kevin J. Parker In a recent Arizona Court of Appeals case, Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Pheasant Grove LLC, 798 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 15 (August 23, 2018), the Court of Appeals addressed the question of what statute of … Continue reading
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Tagged declaratory judgment, equitable subrogation, real estate litigation, reformation, replacement mortgage, Statute of Limitations
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Property Owner Entitled to Rely on Zoning Administrator Advice
By: Kevin J. Parker In the recent case of In Re Langlois/Novicki Variance Denial, 175 A.3d 1222, 2017 VT 76 (2017), the Vermont court addressed the question of whether a property owner could enforce – by equitable estoppel principles – … Continue reading
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Tagged estoppel, Real eestate litigation, zoning
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The “Ugly” Property Next Door is Ruining My Property Value
By: Kevin J. Parker Traditional bases for private nuisance claims include circumstances where noise, light, vibration, or odor emanating from a neighboring property harm the value of your property. Such bases can be objectively verified and quantified. Courts in various … Continue reading
Landlords Beware: Subordination Agreements
By: Kevin J. Parker In the recent Arizona Court of Appeals case Earle Investments, LLC v. Southern Desert Medical Center Partners, 762 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 12 (2017), the Court of Appeals addressed the question of the scope of a subordination … Continue reading
Equitable Subrogation Part Deux: Mechanic’s Lien vs. Later Bank Deed of Trust
By Kevin J. Parker https://www.swlaw.com/people/kevin_parker This post follows, almost two years to the day, Rick Erickson’s post of August 29, 2014. As noted by Rick Erickson in his August 29, 2014 post, the Arizona Supreme Court in the Weitz case … Continue reading
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Tagged equitable subrogation, mechanic's lien, real estate litigation
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Special Rules for Eviction Actions
By: Kevin Parker In a recent case, the Arizona Court of Appeals addressed the special rules of procedure for eviction actions. The eviction rules became effective January 1, 2009. In Sotomayor v. Sotomayor-Munoz, 735 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 28 (March 28, … Continue reading
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Tagged appeal, eviction, landlord-tenant, real estate litigation
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Statute of Frauds: (1) Email as “Writing” and (2) Email Signature as “Signature”
By: Kevin J. Parker Arizona, like most states, has a Statute of Frauds that essentially requires real estate related contracts to be both (1) in writing and (2) signed by the party to be charged. A.R.S. § 44-101. Questions often … Continue reading
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Tagged electronic signature, real estate litigation, statute of frauds
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Arizona Court Clarifies Premise Liability
By: Kevin J. Parker In a recent Arizona Court of Appeals case, the court clarified the rules for liability of a property owner to a person injured on the premises. In Lee v. M & H Enterprises, Inc. and Wal-Mart … Continue reading
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Tagged Premises liability, real estate litigation
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Injunctive Relief for Building Encroachment. Do I Have to Move the House?
By Kevin Parker When a land owner mistakenly builds a house or other building or structure that encroaches on a neighbor’s property, what is the remedy? Does the offending land owner have to physically remove the structure from the neighbor’s property? … Continue reading
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Tagged encroachment, injunction, real estate litigation, trespass
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Homestead Exemption Cannot be Denied on Equitable Grounds
By Kevin J. Parker Arizona’s homestead exemption allows a person to protect from certain creditors up to $150,000 of their equity in their residence (dwelling house, condominium, or mobile home). A.R.S. § 33-1101 et seq. This homestead equity is exempt … Continue reading
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Tagged foreclosure, homestead exemption, judgment liens, real estate litigation
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Seller Liability for Disclosures (or Non-Disclosures), Part 2
May 12, 2014 By: Kevin J. Parker In our blog post dated April 29, 2013, Matthew Fischer discussed the case Lerner v. DMB Realty, LLC (Arizona Court of Appeals, November 27, 2012). In that case, the Arizona Court of Appeals … Continue reading
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Tagged real estate, seller disclosures, seller liabilty, seller non-disclosures
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Commercial Real Estate Broker Liens
Arizona, by statute, allows a commercial real estate broker in certain limited circumstances to record a lien against the owner’s real property which is the subject of the commission agreement, in order to protect the broker’s entitlement to their commission. … Continue reading
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Tagged broker commissions, broker lien, real estate litigation
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Partition Disputes
Partition is a statutory procedure whereby co-tenants (for example joint tenancy, tenancy-in-common, community property) can file a court action to physically divide or sell the property. See A.R.S. § 12-1211 et seq. Unless the co-tenants have a private partition agreement, … Continue reading
Protecting Your Project From Litigation: Limited Liability Company vs. Partnership
If you have multiple investors/owners, one of the benefits of using a Limited Liability Company (LLC) to own real property rather than using a partnership is that the LLC offers better protection of the real property from creditors of any … Continue reading
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Tagged Limited Liability Company, LLC, real property
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