Residential

  • July 28, 2025

    Dorm Operator Says There's No Need To Move Ch. 11 To Ga.

    The company that runs dormitory facilities at campuses in Georgia's public university system Monday told a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject a motion to move its Chapter 11 case to Georgia, saying there's no need to change venue.

  • July 28, 2025

    Co-Owner Of Georgia Aparments Files Ch. 11 With $25M Debt

    MMRE Management-Patriot Place LLC — the minority owner of an apartment complex in Georgia — has sought Chapter 11 protection in a New York bankruptcy court, saying it purchased the property at an inflated price and the apartments have faced mismanagement and foreclosure.

  • July 28, 2025

    NYC Mayor Unveils Queens Airport-To-Housing Plan

    A former Queens airport will be converted into a development with 3,000 homes and 60 public acres under a proposal that's expected to create $3.2 billion worth of business over the next three decades, the New York City Mayor's Office announced Monday.

  • July 28, 2025

    NYC Real Estate Week In Review

    Goodwin and Perkins Coie are among various law firms that landed work on the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a period that saw a trio of nine-figure deals become public.

  • July 28, 2025

    Homeowners, Chubb Settle Water Damage Suit Ahead Of Trial

    Illinois homeowners and a Chubb unit agreed to end their dispute over coverage for damage caused by a burst water pipe during an extreme temperature drop, weeks after an Illinois federal court cleared the case for trial, according to a court filing.

  • July 28, 2025

    Goodwin Guides $243M NYC Apartment Building Buy

    A Barings entity has sold off a luxury apartment building in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood to a JP Morgan Investment Management Inc. entity for $243.5 million, in a deal advised by Goodwin Procter LLP, according to official property records.

  • July 28, 2025

    Texas Resolution Seeks Vote On Lower Property Value Limits

    Texas would ask voters if the state should amend its constitution to authorize lower limits on the maximum appraised value of residence homesteads and of real property other than homesteads for tax purposes under a joint resolution filed in the state House of Representatives during a special session.

  • July 28, 2025

    Fair Housing Groups Win Thaw Of HUD Grant Program Freeze

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to unlock a grant program meant to help nonprofits enforce housing laws after two groups in a purported class complained that the Trump administration abruptly froze the funding.

  • July 25, 2025

    Pullman & Comley Didn't Flag 'Falsified' $16M Loan, Suit Says

    Pullman & Comley LLC didn't discover that the executive director of a Connecticut municipal housing authority had allegedly forged a connected company's $16.2 million loan application before penning a letter claiming the deal appeared solid, the lender, who was not a client, has alleged in a lawsuit.

  • July 25, 2025

    NY Court Sides With Junior Investors In RMBS Trust Dispute

    A New York state court resolved a dispute between bondholders in 34 residential mortgage-backed securities trusts about how to handle repayment of principal amounts deferred during the 2008 financial crisis, siding with junior bondholders after a 17-day bench trial.

  • July 25, 2025

    3 Firms Guide Canadian REIT's $410M IPO

    Go Residential Real Estate Investment Trust began trading Friday after the newly created Canadian REIT priced a $410 million initial public offering at $15 per trust unit.

  • July 25, 2025

    Property Owner Claims Partner Failed To Develop SC Land

    A South Carolina property owner sued its business partner in North Carolina federal court, accusing the company of failing to carry out its promise to develop about 75 acres of land after the county designated the area as historic.

  • July 25, 2025

    Towns Repeat Claims In Affordable Housing Suit, NJ Says

    New Jersey urged a federal court to toss a suit brought by a coalition of nearly two dozen Garden State municipalities challenging a provision of the state's affordable housing framework, saying their claims are barred because the coalition previously brought the same claims in state court.

  • July 25, 2025

    Calif. County Denied Rehearing Over Timeshare Fee

    A California county will not get a rehearing over a judgment that an annual fee the county charges to timeshare resort owners to give them each a value of their own properties for property tax purposes was excessive and, in fact, acted as a tax, an appellate panel ruled.

  • July 25, 2025

    Florida Court Blasts NY Judge's 'Shell Game' To Revive Suit

    A Florida federal judge rejected a New York federal judge's two-paragraph request to revive his defamation suit against former members of a condominium board in a feud over renovations, finding that the New York judge's move to submit the brief himself while having legal counsel makes it look as if the two are "playing a kind of shell game." 

  • July 25, 2025

    Calif. Landlord Files Ch. 11 With Over $50M In Debt

    A company that owns an apartment building in California's Central Coast region has launched a Chapter 11 case with between $50 million and $100 million each in assets and liabilities. 

  • July 25, 2025

    Feds Sell Fugitive Trader's $7M Mansion Decade After Charges

    Massachusetts federal prosecutors said Friday that they have sold a $7.5 million mansion that belonged to a fugitive trader who was charged in 2015 with funneling $67 million in assets from his employer to himself.

  • July 25, 2025

    NAR Adds Trademark, Brand Protection Pro As Associate GC

    The National Association of Realtors announced Friday that a trademark and brand protection expert will be joining the firm from AARP as associate general counsel.

  • July 24, 2025

    Nonprofits Secure TRO In Challenge To New HUD Grant Rules

    A Rhode Island federal judge Thursday granted a temporary restraining order to a coalition of nonprofit groups challenging new conditions for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants that target diversity, equity and inclusion programs; abortion access; and transgender individuals.

  • July 24, 2025

    Commission Inflation Suit Spurs COVID Tolling Query In Conn.

    A Connecticut judge on Thursday questioned a real estate firm's argument that two antitrust suit plaintiffs misused a COVID-era executive order to enter the case after the statute of limitations would have expired, indicating she was concerned about the broad impact her ruling might have if she found the pandemic-era tolling unconstitutional.

  • July 24, 2025

    Magistrate Says DR Horton Refused To Hear Accessibility Ask

    A magistrate judge in Texas federal court endorsed claims that homebuilder D.R. Horton refused to consider adding accessibility features to single-family houses under construction, while finding another claim brought by three plaintiffs and a fair housing group is reserved only for multifamily properties.

  • July 24, 2025

    Va. County Board OKs Luxury, Mixed-Use Towers Project

    A three-tower, 970,000-square-foot luxury, mixed-use development project in Rosslyn, Virginia, recently received entitlement approval from the Arlington County Board, the project's developer Penzance announced Thursday.

  • July 24, 2025

    Judge Blocks Crypto REIT From Collecting Rent In Detroit

    A Michigan state judge has barred a cryptocurrency-based real estate investment firm and affiliates from collecting rent at hundreds of Detroit properties until it brings them into compliance with city code.

  • July 24, 2025

    LA Wildfires Caused $52B In Damage To Homes, Report Says

    The wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles area in January caused $51.7 billion worth of damage to about 11,000 homes, according to a Redfin report released Thursday.

  • July 24, 2025

    Feds Can't End Bank Oversight After $3M Redlining Deal

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has rejected the government's bid to release a bank it previously accused of discriminatory lending from court oversight, holding that continued enforcement was "essential" to make sure the terms of a settlement resolving the allegations were adhered to.

Expert Analysis

  • Year Of The Snake Will Shake Up RE And Mortgage Finance

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    The year ahead may bring profound transformation and opportunities for growth in the real estate and mortgage finance sectors, with significant issues including policy battles and questions surrounding the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, says Marty Green at Polunsky Beitel.

  • How Southern Calif. Fires Can Affect National, Local Pricing

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    The fire-related California state of emergency declared last month in Los Angeles and Ventura counties triggered laws around price-gouging and pricing restrictions that affect not just individuals and businesses in the state, but also nationwide, meaning sellers should be mindful of how price changes are discussed and rolled out, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • CFPB Small Biz Study Brings Fair Lending Considerations

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent report highlighting potential racial discrimination in small business lending may not result in more aggressive enforcement under the Trump administration — but lenders can expect state regulators, private plaintiffs and advocacy groups to step up their own efforts, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Expect To Feel Aftershocks Of Chopra's CFPB Shake-Up

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    Publications released by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau personnel in the last days of the Biden administration outline former Director Rohit Chopra's long-term vision for aggressive state-level enforcement of federal consumer financial laws, opening the doors for states to launch investigations and pursue actions, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.

  • Corp. Transparency Act's Future Under Treasury's Bessent

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    The Corporate Transparency Act’s ultimate fate faced uncertain terms at the end of 2024, but new U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's statements and actions so far demonstrate that he does not intend to ignore the law, though he may attempt to make modifications, say attorneys at Taylor English.

  • Nippon Order Tests Gov't Control Over Foreign Investments

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    The U.S. government is primarily interested in restraining foreign transactions involving countries of concern, but former President Joe Biden’s January order blocking the merger of Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel shows that all foreign direct investments are under the federal government’s microscope, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

  • A Look At A Possible Corporate Transparency Act Exemption

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    Attorneys at Kirkland offer a deep dive into the application of the Corporate Transparency Act's reporting requirements specifically to U.S.-domiciled co-issuers in typical collateralized loan obligation transactions, and consider whether such issuers may be able to assert an exemption from the CTA's reporting requirements.

  • Emphasize Social Spaces During RE Project Public Review

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    As Boston continues to work through revisions to its public review process for real estate projects, developers attempting to balance impact mitigation and community improvements may benefit from emphasizing the ways in which development plans can facilitate open social exchange, says David Linhart at Goulston & Storrs.

  • Complying With Calif. Price-Gouging Law After LA Fires

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    The recent tragic Los Angeles fires have brought attention to the state's sometimes controversial price-gouging protections, and every California business should keep the law's requirements in mind, despite the debate over whether these statutes help consumers, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • What Contractors Can Do To Address Material Cost Increases

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    In light of the Trump administration's plans to increase tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, construction industry players should proactively employ legal strategies to mitigate the impacts that price increases and uncertainty may have on projects, says Brenda Radmacher at Seyfarth Shaw.

  • Reg Waiver Eases Calif. Rebuilding, But Proceed With Care

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order suspending some environmental review and permitting requirements for the reconstruction of homes and businesses damaged by recent wildfires may streamline rebuilding efforts, but will require careful navigation of the evolving regulatory landscape, says Gregory Berlin at Alston & Bird.

  • A View Of The Shifting Insurance Regulatory Landscape

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    Attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland explore how the Federal Insurance Office's climate report, the new presidential administration and the California wildfires might affect the insurance regulatory landscape.

  • The Tides Are Changing For Fair Access Banking Laws

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    The landscape of fair access banking laws, which seek to prevent banks from denying services based on individuals' ideological beliefs, has shifted in the last few years, but a new presidential administration provides renewed momentum for advancing such legislation against the backdrop of state efforts, say attorneys at Latham.