Real Estate

Residential and Commercial Real Estate

The Attorneys, Paralegals and Legal Assistants in the Real Estate practice area have over 50 years of experience providing low cost representation for buyers, sellers, and lenders issuing title insurance for purchase and refinance transactions, as an exclusive agent for Chicago Title Insurance Company.

The firm proudly maintains its 'Claims Free' status as a Title Insurance Agency with thousands of lenders and owners policies issued.

We are an independent title insurance agency working with lenders from across the country.  The attorneys travel to closings during regular business hours at no extra cost in the following Pa. counties, Allegheny, Butler, Beaver, Washington, Westmoreland, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset, Greene and Fayette.

We prepare a custom formatted compact disc of all documents including "Marked Up" title commitments and full color deed plot legal descriptions in borrower packages.  All fully executed lender documents are overnighted within 24 hours.

Deed Preparation Involving Oil & Gas Rights

The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors (PAR) Standard Agreement For The Sale of Real Estate now provides an Oil, Gas and Mineral Rights Addendum addressing the issues of examination, exception and/or reservation of oil & gas rights.  Buyers have the option via this addendum to conduct an oil, gas and mineral search to determine the “marketability” of those subsurface Interests as well as the surface.  Sellers previous to the Agreement of Sale with the buyers may have severed (sold) the mineral interests to a third party, in this situation the seller would “except” the oil, gas and mineral interests therefore Nottransferring with the surface the subsurface interests.  ***CAUTION*** Oil, Gas and Mineral interests that are under agreement for lease can be conveyed along  with the rights in the lease to the buyer.  Sellers may also “reserve” the oil, gas and mineral interests, whereby, Not conveying those with the surface interests.

***CAUTION*** The severance of the oil, gas and mineral interests owned by the Seller, if negotiated or contained in the deed  may give the seller or third party agent, the right to come unto the surface for future development.

Corporate Relocation

Whether Western PA is the destination or departure location of transferees, our attorneys have represented thousands of individuals buying or selling their homes. We work with the relocation companies, their representatives and realtors providing legal services, title searches, printing / preparing lender packages, negotiating agreements of sale and home inspection issue resolution. We work with all lenders, real estate companies, third party vendors and travel to closings.