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Latest News in Real Estate
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February 10, 2026
Next Steps For Fair Housing Enforcement As HUD Backs Out
A soon-to-be-finalized U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule, which would hand responsibility for determining disparate impact liability under the Fair Housing Act to the courts, reinforces the Trump administration’s wider rollback of fair lending enforcement, yet there are reasons to expect litigation challenging this change, say attorneys at Spencer Fane.
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February 10, 2026
Title Insurer Gets Lender's Fraudulent Loan Suit Trimmed
A North Carolina federal court trimmed a mortgage lender's suit seeking to recoup $540,000 from a title insurer for a loan that a borrower claimed was fraudulent, saying the insurer had no duty to indemnify the lender because the loss fell within an exclusion for third-party fraud.
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February 10, 2026
NJ Panel Nixes Amusement Park Co.'s Luxury Housing Suit
A New Jersey appellate panel backed the permanent dismissal of an amusement park company's suit challenging a New Jersey luxury housing and retail project, ruling that the lower court rightfully decided that it lacked jurisdiction for the suit.
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February 09, 2026
9th Circ. Judge Casts Doubt On Feds' Grant Condition Stance
A Ninth Circuit judge expressed skepticism Monday as the Trump administration argued it could legally impose new rules barring federal grant recipients from using the money for diversity programming, suggesting that the government had misread Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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February 09, 2026
Pa. Governor's Property Fight With Neighbor Lands In Court
A property dispute between Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his neighbors in suburban Philadelphia has devolved into dueling lawsuits, with a couple next door alleging the politician committed an "outrageous" power grab by deploying drones and state police to an area he claims he's maintained for more than two decades.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Real estate deals valued at $50MM or more
- Real estate financing and securitization
- Formation of real estate investment trusts
- Major construction projects
- Commercial leasing deals
- Asset sales in bankruptcies
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Green Building Council
- State and municipal real estate and development regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Development and permitting rules
- Tax issues related to real estate
- Real estate lobbying
- LITIGATION
- Suits between buyers and sellers
- Suits between developers and contractors
- Breach of contract disputes
- Zoning, environmental, and land-use suits
- Real estate financing disputes
- Disputes over securitized real estate assets, including mortgage-backed securities
- Class actions and multiparty litigation over evictions and foreclosures
- Insurance coverage suits over real property
- Real estate bankruptcy proceedings
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of real estate practices
Readership
- Real estate lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the real estate industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals