Also called an installment land contract, contract for deed or contract for sale, a land contract is a property sale where the seller holds the title of the property until you have paid for it. Absent ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday released an advisory opinion stating that contracts for deed are under federal home lending rules and should provide consumer protections. In ...

Land contracts can offer a path to homeownership without a traditional mortgage, but the financial responsibilities involved ...

Due to the trial court’s refusal to treat the installment land contract as a mortgage, the buyer in Zanicky was forced to forfeit her equity in the property, including her downpayment of $12,000, the ...

Going back many decades, it was common for Colorado real estate to be sold using an installment land contract, also known as a contract for deed. In an installment land contract, the buyer and seller ...

On August 13th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a consumer advisory as well as an advisory opinion addressing “contracts for deeds”, which are also variously called a “bond ...