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Real Property

NCDS offers real estate firms, independent agents, home buyers and home sellers an experienced administrator to resolve residential real property disclosure disputes. NCDS provides the real estate industry with a single source for efficient and responsive resolution of buyer-seller disputes.

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The Panel

The NCDS panel is a knowledgeable national panel of highly qualified and certified arbitrators and mediators. These individuals have the skills and experience in specific areas related to the disputes they hear, and in the arbitration and mediation process.

Case Management

  • Toll-free, vendor specific telephone lines
  • Neutral intermediary between all parties
  • Case status updates available to all parties and the arbitrator(s)
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Panel Development

  • Starting with highly qualified professionals, our panel is required to go through in-person new arbitrator training, which takes place over a three-day weekend. 
  • If they succeed in our rigorous training, they are invited to become a panel member and are available to begin hearing cases. 
  • An active panel member is then required to attend a refresher weekend training course in person, every other year. 
  • On the off year that a panel member does not attend in-person training, they are required to take our refresher training through our online Learning Management System.

Panel Make Up

The panel is made up of:

  • Attorneys
  • Architects
  • Building Inspectors
  • Real Estate Professionals
  • Other Professionals