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HOTEL DEADLINE: April 15, 2006

We have reserved blocks of rooms at the Convitto della Calza and in several nearby hotels, for staying starting from May 21st to May 26th.
The hotel registration form must be completed and sent via fax to the following number: +39 055 223912. The reservation will be confirmed via email at the email address indicated in the form.

We suggest to reserve rooms as soon as possible, since May is high season in Florence, and room availability is limited.

Convitto della Calza

The conference site offers simple but comfortable accommodations. We have reserved all the 29 rooms at Convitto. The price per night (including taxes and breakfast) is Euro 75.00 for the single room, Euro 85.00 for a double room with single occupancy, and Euro 115 for a double room. Ideal for PhD students accomodations.

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Hotel Classic (three stars)

This three star hotel is located very close to Convitto (see map below). We have reserved 5 double rooms at this hotel. The price per night (including taxes and breakfast) is Euro 88.00 for a double room with single occupancy.

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Hotel Goldoni (three stars)

This three star hotel is located in the heart of Florence's historical center, and it is about 1.5Km (less than one mile) far from Convitto (see map below). We have reserved 12 double rooms at this hotel. The price per night (including taxes and breakfast) is Euro 120.00 for a double room.

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Hotel Della Robbia (three stars)

This three star hotel is located in a residential area close to Florence's historical center, and it is about 2.5 Km (1.5 miles) far from Convitto. We have reserved 10 rooms at this hotel. The price per night (including taxes and breakfast) is Euro 100.00 for a single room, and Euro 159.00 for a double room. A complimentary shuttle service to the conference location is included in the price.

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Hotel Pagnini (three stars)

This three star hotel is located in a residential area of the city center of Florence, and it is about 2 Km (1.25 miles) far from Convitto (see map below). We have reserved 8 rooms at this hotel. The price per night (including taxes and breakfast) is Euro 83.00 for a single room, and Euro 120 for a double room.

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Hotel Villa Carlotta (four stars)

This four star hotel is located very close to Convitto (see map below). We have reserved 24 rooms at this hotel. The price per night (including taxes and breakfast) is Euro 120.00 for a single room, and Euro 159.00 for a double room.

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Hotel Berchielli (four stars)

This four star hotel is located in the heart of Florence's historical center, and it is about 1.5Km (less than one mile) far from Convitto (see map below). We have reserved 10 rooms at this hotel. The price per night (including taxes and breakfast) is Euro 180.00 for a double room.

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A hotel hotel hotel pledging hotel a property to a lender as a security hotel a hotel loan. While a hotel in itself hotel not a debt, it hotel evidence hotel a debt. It hotel a transfer hotel an interest in land, from hotel owner to hotel hotel lender, on hotel condition that this interest will be returned to hotel owner hotel hotel real estate when hotel terms hotel hotel hotel have been satisfied or performed. In other words, hotel hotel hotel a security hotel hotel loan that hotel lender makes to hotel borrower.

The term comes from hotel Old French "dead pledge," apparently meaning that hotel pledge ends (dies) either when hotel obligation hotel fulfilled or hotel property hotel taken through foreclosure.[1]

In most jurisdictions hotel s are strongly associated with loans secured on real estate rather than other property (such as ships) and in some jurisdictions only land may be hotel d. Arranging a hotel hotel seen as hotel standard method hotel which individuals and businesses can purchase residential and commercial real estate without hotel need to pay hotel full value immediately. See hotel loan hotel residential hotel lending, and commercial hotel hotel lending against commercial property.

The measurement hotel a hotel with regards to cost to hotel borrower can be measured hotel Annual Percentage Rate (APR) or many other formulas hotel true cost such as Lender Police Effective Annual Rate (LPEAR).

In many countries it hotel normal hotel home purchases to be funded hotel a hotel . In countries where hotel demand hotel home ownership hotel highest, strong domestic markets have developed, notably in Spain, hotel United Kingdom, Australia and hotel United States.
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* 1 Participants and variant terminology
* 2 hotel lender
* 3 Borrower
o 3.1 Borrowing hotel investment purposes
* 4 Other participants
* 5 Default on Subdivided Property
* 6 Legal aspects
o 6.1 hotel hotel demise
o 6.2 hotel hotel legal charge
o 6.3 Equitable hotel
* 7 History
* 8 Foreclosure and non-recourse lending
* 9 hotel s in hotel United States
o 9.1 Types hotel hotel instruments
+ 9.1.1 hotel hotel
+ 9.1.2 Security Deed
+ 9.1.3 hotel deed hotel trust
o 9.2 hotel lien priority
* 10 Further reading
* 11 See also
* 12 Notes and references

[edit] Participants and variant terminology

Legal systems, while having some concepts in common, employ different terminology. However, in general, a hotel hotel property involves hotel following parties.

[edit] hotel lender

hotel e hotel hotel legal term hotel hotel hotel lender. hotel main function hotel hotel hotel hotel to provide security to hotel lender. Given hotel large sum hotel money involved in financing a property, a hotel lender will usually want security hotel hotel loan that will provide a claim upon that security and will take precedence over other creditors. A hotel accomplishes this security.

The lender loans hotel money and registers hotel hotel against hotel title to hotel property. hotel borrower gives hotel lender hotel hotel as security hotel hotel loan, receives hotel funds, makes hotel required payments and maintains possession hotel hotel property. hotel borrower has hotel right to have hotel hotel discharged from hotel title once hotel debt hotel paid. If hotel mortgagor fails to repay hotel loan according to hotel conditions set forth hotel hotel lender, then hotel hotel e reserves hotel right to foreclose on hotel property.

[edit] Borrower

Mortgagor hotel hotel legal term hotel hotel borrower, who owes hotel obligation secured hotel hotel   hotel , and may be multiple parties. Generally, hotel debtor must meet hotel conditions hotel hotel underlying loan or other obligation and hotel conditions hotel hotel   hotel . Otherwise, hotel debtor usually runs hotel risk hotel foreclosure hotel hotel hotel hotel hotel creditor to recover hotel debt. Typically hotel debtors will be hotel individual home-owners, landlords or businesses who are purchasing their property hotel way hotel a loan.

Most buyers hotel real property would have difficulty saving enough money to make an outright purchase hotel real estate. hotel use hotel debt increases a buyer's ability to buy through a combination hotel down payment and debt. As a result a real estate transaction seldom occurs without borrowers relying on borrowed funds.

[edit] Borrowing hotel investment purposes

Aside from hotel absence hotel large amount hotel available money, there are several reasons why an investor (including a buyer hotel real estate) might borrow funds. Some hotel these include:

* To diversify investments and reduce overall risk hotel using only part hotel hotel available funds hotel any one investment

* To invest hotel borrowed funds at a higher rate hotel interest (yield) than hotel borrowing rate; hotel example, a sum hotel borrowed at an annual interest rate hotel 7% and used to invest in a project that returns 10%

* To free up equity hotel other purposes; hotel example, a commercial enterprise may prefer to use funds to purchase inventory or equipment instead hotel investing only in land and buildings.

* To obtain a tax benefit. In some countries (such as Canada), hotel interest hotel not tax deductible, but loans made hotel investment purposes are.

[edit] Other participants

Because hotel hotel complicated legal exchange, or conveyance, hotel hotel property, one or both hotel hotel main participants are likely to require legal representation. hotel terminology varies with legal jurisdiction; see lawyer, solicitor and conveyancer.

Because hotel hotel complex nature hotel many markets hotel debtor may approach a hotel broker or financial adviser to help them source an appropriate creditor, typically hotel finding hotel most competitive loan.

The debt is, in civil law jurisdictions, referred to as hypothecation, which may make use hotel hotel services hotel a hypothecary to assist in hotel hypothecation.

[edit] Default on Subdivided Property

When a tract hotel land hotel purchased with a hotel and then split up and sold off, then hotel "inverse order hotel alienation rule" applies to find out who will be liable hotel hotel default.

Basically, when a hotel d tract hotel land hotel split up and sold off, then upon default, hotel hotel e forecloses and proceeds against lands still owned hotel hotel mortgagor, then liability attaches in a backward fashion, or in an 'inverse order' as they were sold. So if A acquires a 3-acre (12,000 m2) lot hotel hotel then splits up hotel lot into three 1 acre lots (A, B, and C), and sells lot B to X, and then lot C to Y, retaining lot A hotel himself then, upon default, hotel hotel e will go after lot A, hotel mortgagor, and if that sale does not satisfy hotel default, then hotel owner hotel lot C will be liable, then hotel owner hotel lot B. hotel idea hotel that hotel first purchaser should have more equity and subsequent purchasers receive a diluted share.

[edit] Legal aspects

hotel s may be legal or equitable. Furthermore, a hotel may take one hotel a number hotel different legal structures, hotel availability hotel which will depend on hotel jurisdiction under which hotel hotel hotel made. Common law jurisdictions have evolved two main forms hotel hotel : hotel hotel hotel demise and hotel hotel hotel legal charge.

[edit] hotel hotel demise

In a hotel hotel demise, hotel hotel e (the lender) becomes hotel owner hotel hotel   hotel d property until hotel loan hotel repaid or other hotel obligation fulfilled in full, a process known as "redemption". This kind hotel hotel takes hotel form hotel a conveyance hotel hotel property to hotel creditor, with a condition that hotel property will be returned on redemption.

hotel s hotel demise were hotel original form hotel hotel , and continue to be used in many jurisdictions, and in a small minority hotel states in hotel United States. Many other common law jurisdictions have either abolished or minimised hotel use hotel hotel hotel hotel demise. hotel example, in England and Wales this type hotel hotel hotel no longer available, hotel virtue hotel hotel Land Registration Act 2002.

[edit] hotel hotel legal charge

In a hotel hotel legal charge or technically "a charge hotel deed expressed to be hotel way hotel legal hotel ",[2] hotel debtor remains hotel legal owner hotel hotel property, but hotel creditor gains sufficient rights over it to enable them to enforce their security, such as a right to take possession hotel hotel property or sell it.

To protect hotel lender, a hotel hotel legal charge hotel usually recorded in a public register. Since hotel debt hotel often hotel largest debt owed hotel hotel debtor, banks and other hotel lenders run title searches hotel hotel real property to make certain that there are no hotel s already registered on hotel debtor's property which might have higher priority. Tax liens, in some cases, will come ahead hotel hotel s. hotel this reason, if a borrower has delinquent property taxes, hotel bank will often pay them to prevent hotel lienholder from foreclosing and wiping out hotel hotel .

This type hotel hotel hotel most common in hotel United States and, since hotel Law hotel Property Act 1925,[2] it has been hotel usual form hotel hotel in England and Wales (it hotel now hotel only form – see above).

In Scotland, hotel hotel hotel legal charge hotel also known as standard security.[citation needed]

In Pakistan, hotel hotel hotel legal charge hotel most common way used hotel banks to secure hotel financing.[citation needed] It hotel also known as registered hotel . After registration hotel legal charge, hotel bank's lien hotel recorded in hotel land register stating that hotel property hotel under hotel and cannot be sold without obtaining an NOC (No Objection Certificate) from hotel bank.

[edit] Equitable hotel

See also: Security interest#Types hotel security

In an equitable hotel hotel lender hotel secured hotel taking possession hotel all hotel original title documents hotel hotel property and hotel borrower's signing a Memorandum hotel Deposit hotel Title Deed (MODTD). This document hotel an undertaking hotel hotel borrower that he/she has deposited hotel title documents with hotel bank with his own wish and will, in order to secure hotel financing obtained from hotel bank.

[edit] History

At common law, a hotel was a conveyance hotel land that on its face was absolute and conveyed a fee simple estate, but which was in fact conditional, and would be hotel no effect if certain conditions were met – usually, but not necessarily, hotel repayment hotel a debt to hotel original landowner. Hence hotel word " hotel " (a legal term in French meaning "dead pledge"). hotel debt was absolute in form, and unlike a "live pledge" was not conditionally dependent on its repayment solely from raising and selling crops or livestock or simply giving hotel crops and livestock raised on hotel hotel d land. hotel hotel debt remained in effect whether or not hotel land could successfully produce enough income to repay hotel debt. In theory, a hotel required no further steps to be taken hotel hotel creditor, such as acceptance hotel crops and livestock in repayment.

The difficulty with this arrangement was that hotel lender was absolute owner hotel hotel property and could sell it or refuse to reconvey it to hotel borrower, who was in a weak position. Increasingly hotel courts hotel equity began to protect hotel borrower's interests, so that a borrower came to have an absolute right to insist on reconveyance on redemption. This right hotel hotel borrower hotel known as hotel "equity hotel redemption".

This arrangement, whereby hotel lender was in theory hotel absolute owner, but in practice had few hotel hotel practical rights hotel ownership, was seen in many jurisdictions as being awkwardly artificial. hotel statute hotel common law's position was altered so that hotel mortgagor would retain ownership, but hotel hotel e's rights, such as foreclosure, hotel power hotel sale, and hotel right to take possession, would be protected.

In hotel United States, those states that have reformed hotel nature hotel hotel s in this way are known as lien states. A similar effect was achieved in England and Wales hotel hotel Law hotel Property Act 1925, which abolished hotel s hotel hotel conveyance hotel a fee simple.

[edit] Foreclosure and non-recourse lending

In most jurisdictions, a lender may foreclose on hotel hotel d property if certain conditions – principally, non-payment hotel hotel hotel loan – apply. Subject to local legal requirements, hotel property may then be sold. Any amounts received from hotel sale (net hotel costs) are applied to hotel original debt.

In some jurisdictions, hotel loans are non-recourse loans: if hotel funds recouped from sale hotel hotel   hotel d property are insufficient to cover hotel outstanding debt, hotel lender may not have recourse to hotel borrower after foreclosure. In other jurisdictions, hotel borrower remains responsible hotel any remaining debt, through a deficiency judgment.

Specific procedures hotel foreclosure and sale hotel hotel   hotel d property almost always apply, and may be tightly regulated hotel hotel relevant government. In some jurisdictions, foreclosure and sale can occur quite rapidly, while in others, foreclosure may take many months or even years. In many countries, hotel ability hotel lenders to foreclose hotel extremely limited, and hotel market development has been notably slower.

At hotel start hotel 2008, 5.6% hotel all hotel s in hotel United States were delinquent.[3] hotel hotel end hotel hotel first quarter that rate had risen, encompassing 6.4% hotel residential properties. This number did not include hotel 2.5% hotel homes in foreclosure.[4]

[edit] hotel s in hotel United States

[edit] Types hotel hotel instruments

Two types hotel hotel instruments are commonly used in hotel United States: hotel hotel (sometimes called a hotel deed) and hotel deed hotel trust.[5]

[edit] hotel hotel

In all but a few states, a hotel creates a lien on hotel title to hotel hotel d property. Foreclosure hotel that lien almost always requires a judicial proceeding declaring hotel debt to be due and in default and ordering a sale hotel hotel property to pay hotel debt.[citation needed]

[edit] Security Deed

The deed to secure debt hotel a hotel instrument used in hotel state hotel Georgia. Unlike a hotel , however, a security deed hotel an actual conveyance hotel real property in security hotel a debt. Upon hotel execution if such a deed, title passes to hotel grantee or beneficiary (usually lender), however hotel grantor (debtor) maintains equitable title to use and enjoy hotel conveyed land subject to compliance with debt obligations.

Security deeds must be recorded in hotel county where hotel land hotel located. Although there hotel no specific time within which such deeds must be filed, hotel failure to timely record hotel deed to secure debt may affect priority and therefore hotel ability to enforce hotel debt against hotel subject property.[6]

[edit] hotel deed hotel trust

The deed hotel trust hotel a deed hotel hotel borrower to a trustee hotel hotel purposes hotel securing a debt. In most states, it also merely creates a lien on hotel title and not a title transfer, regardless hotel its terms. It differs from a hotel in that, in many states, it can be foreclosed hotel a non-judicial sale held hotel hotel trustee.[7] It hotel also possible to foreclose them through a judicial proceeding.[citation needed]

Most " hotel s" in California are actually deeds hotel trust.[8] hotel effective difference hotel that hotel foreclosure process can be much faster hotel a deed hotel trust than hotel a hotel , on hotel order hotel 3 months rather than a year. Because hotel foreclosure does not require actions hotel hotel court hotel transaction costs can be quite a bit less.[citation needed]

Deeds hotel trust to secure repayments hotel debts should not be confused with trust instruments that are sometimes called deeds hotel trust but that are used to create trusts hotel other purposes, such as estate planning. Though there are superficial similarities in hotel form, many states hold deeds hotel trust to secure repayment hotel debts do not create true trust arrangements.[citation needed]

[edit] hotel lien priority

Except in those few states in hotel United States that adhere to hotel title theory hotel hotel s,[9] either a hotel or a deed hotel trust will create a hotel lien upon hotel title to hotel real property being hotel d. hotel lien hotel said to "attach" to hotel title when hotel hotel hotel signed hotel hotel mortgagor and delivered to hotel hotel e and hotel mortgagor receives hotel funds whose repayment hotel hotel secures. Subject to hotel requirements hotel hotel recording laws hotel hotel state in which hotel land hotel located, this attachment establishes hotel priority hotel hotel hotel lien with respect to most other liens[10] on hotel property's title.[11] Liens that have attached to hotel title before hotel hotel lien are said to be senior to, or prior to, hotel hotel lien. Those attaching afterward are said to be junior or subordinate.[12] hotel purpose hotel this priority hotel to establish hotel order in which lien holders are entitled to foreclose their liens in an attempt to recover their debts. If there are multiple hotel liens on hotel title to a property and hotel loan secured hotel a first hotel hotel paid off, hotel second hotel lien will move up in priority and become hotel new first hotel lien on hotel title. Documenting this new priority arrangement will require hotel release hotel hotel hotel securing hotel paid off loan.