This article examines the decision in Holmes v. Summer where the court held that a sellers broker "had a duty to disclose... liens before the buyers signed... [an] agreement." The article discusses the conflict between the duty of confidentiality and the new duty of disclosure to the other side

This article discusses the addition of CCP Section 580e to the current anti-deficiency statutes, the kinds of borrowers protected and lenders affected. The article coves the new Section 580e exceptions and the protection it provides in short sales