‘Residential & Commercial Real Estate’ Category

Jennifer Dickenson Discusses ‘Subprime Meltdown’ at Georgia Bar Real Property Law Institute

May 9th, 2009

How We Got Here In 1927 the English writer Aldous Huxley observed “facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” In the future when historians dissect the anatomy of the “Subprime Meltdown” they will most likely agree that this shock to our financial market is one of the most severe credit illiquidity crises…..


Summary: First-time Home Buyer Tax Credit

February 1st, 2009

In February 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 First-Time Home buyer Tax Credit took effect. We’ve summarized the benefits of the Act for you in a downloadable PDF here.


Key Provisions of The Housing & Economic Recovery Act of 2008

August 15th, 2008

H.R. 3221, the “Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008,” passed the House on July 23, 2008, by a vote of 272-152. On Saturday, July 26, 2008, the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 72-13. The President signed the bill on July 30, 2008. The bill is aimed at stimulating economic factors which…..


DG Partner Deborah Bailey Elected to Board of GREFPAC

May 27th, 2008

Deborah S. Bailey, a partner with the real estate law firm of Dickenson Gilroy, LLC, has been elected to the board of directors of the Georgia Real Estate Fraud Prevention and Awareness Coalition (GREFPAC). GREFPAC is an educational organization comprised of concerned individuals and professionals from all aspects of the real estate industry. It works…..


RESPA Refresher for Lenders

April 29th, 2008

This article originally appeared in the April 2008 edition of The Georgia Mortgage Press. Click here to download the full text.