In the city of Philadelphia, unpaid gas and water bills can and usually will encumber title to…
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Court Refuses To Allow Bank To Redeem Mortgaged Property
Last month, the Commonwealth Court in Brentwood Borough School District v. HSBC Bank USA (2015 Pa. Commw….
Read MoreAdditional Protections Under Amended Landlord And Tenant Act
Last month, I discussed how a trial court judge in Allegheny County in Brown v. Premier Properties,…
Read MoreLandlord Didn’t Properly Dispose Of Tenant’s Personal Belongings
Earlier this year, in Brown v. Premier Properties, 2014 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 64 (March…
Read MoreCourt Expands Scope Of Right To Redeem Property Sold At Tax Sale
An opinion recently issued by the Commonwealth Court may have dramatically changed the way tax sales in…
Read MoreCourt Won’t Consolidate Separate Judgments Against Spouses
In Pennsylvania and with most states, assets owned by married couples have their own recognized form of…
Read MoreLandlord Can Collect Rent From Abandoning, New Tenants
In these distressed economic times, it is not uncommon for a commercial tenant to discontinue its business…
Read MoreSuperior Court Clarifies How To Satisfy Judgment For Possession In Philadelphia
When a tenant breaches a lease agreement, many times the landlord rushes to the courthouse to file…
Read MorePhiladelphia Court Refuses To Set Aside Sheriff’s Sale
With the real estate market crashing and the recession otherwise hitting people hard, more and more properties…
Read MoreCondo Association Prohibited From Executing On Assessment Lien
If a condominium unit owner fails to pay a common area maintenance expense assessed against his unit…
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