The U.S. House of Representatives voted 396-13 to pass a landmark housing bill on Wednesday, but questions remain about how the Senate will react to the latest version, particularly its handling of institutional investors in the single-family housing market.
Some of the biggest states in the U.S. have for years allowed developers to create special districts in which future property owners, instead of general taxpayers, pay for the infrastructure the neighborhood needs. Now, other fast-growing states are starting to join the club.
After the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to allow companies to make semiannual disclosures, attorneys who advise real estate investment trusts are skeptical that many REITs will opt for less frequent reporting.
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 396-13 to pass a landmark housing bill on Wednesday, but questions remain about how the Senate will react to the latest version, particularly its handling of institutional investors in the single-family housing market.
Some of the biggest states in the U.S. have for years allowed developers to create special districts in which future property owners, instead of general taxpayers, pay for the infrastructure the neighborhood needs. Now, other fast-growing states are starting to join the club.
After the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to allow companies to make semiannual disclosures, attorneys who advise real estate investment trusts are skeptical that many REITs will opt for less frequent reporting.
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May 21, 2026
A proposal by President Donald Trump's administration to transfer policies from the National Flood Insurance Program to the private market could leave the NFIP stuck with high-risk properties and fail to improve low levels of flood coverage protection, policy experts say.
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May 21, 2026
A Missouri woman accused a white nationalist group in Arkansas federal court of violating the Fair Housing Act and other civil rights laws by refusing to let her buy land in the group's community in Arkansas because she is a Jewish woman with a Black husband and three biracial children.
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May 21, 2026
Bankrupt home lending broker Impac Mortgage Holdings received final approval Wednesday for a $5 million loan in its Chapter 11 case as it pursues a restructuring of its debt.
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May 21, 2026
Eastern Union has lined up a more than $125 million acquisition financing loan for a 1,115-unit, 15-story Chicago multifamily high-rise building complex that was sold by Brookfield Asset Management for $167 million, the commercial real estate mortgage brokerage announced Thursday.
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May 21, 2026
A homeowners association told a Georgia federal court Wednesday that it informed its insurer of a $10 million lawsuit — from a woman who was attacked by her neighbor's dogs — shortly after receiving the underlying complaint, urging the court to reject the insurer's arguments that it wasn't timely notified.
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May 21, 2026
Manufactured housing-focused real estate investment trust SunCommunities said Thursday it has reached a deal to sell its U.K. assets to investor Aermont Capital in a $1 billion deal advised by Jones Day and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.
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May 21, 2026
The amount of property tax revenue that can be raised by an Iowa city or county will be limited beginning in 2026 under a bill signed by the governor.
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May 21, 2026
Zillow has answered a complaint in Virginia federal court from federal authorities over a deal to pay Redfin $100 million to stop competing on multifamily listings, arguing that the syndication deal came as the smaller competitor faced no other path to increase its apartment listings and dig itself out of debt.
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May 21, 2026
A former Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer associate has joined Adler & Stachenfeld as a partner and co-chair of its condominium and cooperative practice, the New York City real estate law firm announced Wednesday.
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May 21, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday adopted a broad view of a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages, vacating an Eleventh Circuit opinion that overturned a $440 million judgment against several cruise companies for trafficking in property seized by the Cuban government.
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May 21, 2026
Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Inc. said Thursday they have agreed to a merger that will create a residential property giant with an approximately $52 billion market capitalization and $69 billion enterprise value.
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May 20, 2026
A newly revised and more narrowly tailored version of a New York City bill, if passed, would give approved nonprofits a chance to buy distressed buildings, but real estate attorneys say the bill would still interfere with private property rights.
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May 20, 2026
North Carolina voters will decide in November on two proposed constitutional amendments aimed at curbing their income and property taxes after the state General Assembly approved sending the measures to the ballot Wednesday.
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May 20, 2026
As South Florida emerges as one of the places where people from around the world most desire to live, work and play, the most dramatic transformation is taking place not in the spotlight of Miami, but up the coast in West Palm Beach.
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May 20, 2026
A class of tenants at a multifamily property in Durham, North Carolina, urged a state appellate court to uphold an order barring their landlord from transferring proceeds from the possible sale of the property out of state, while they litigate a $9.5 million suit over conditions at the property.
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May 20, 2026
Lendlease Americas Inc. pushed for dismissal of a suit filed by U.S. military families who accused it and other companies of running uninhabitable homes on North Carolina's Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, arguing in North Carolina federal court that the plaintiffs are mistaken about the company's arguments for dismissal.
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May 20, 2026
Harrison Street Asset Management, advised by DLA Piper LLP, has sold a 12-property portfolio of student housing communities for $910 million to a joint venture formed by Scion Group and Ares Management Corp., the companies said Wednesday.
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May 20, 2026
The Georgia Court of Appeals rejected an attempt to revive a malpractice suit filed against an Atlanta-based law firm for allegedly shoddy work on a title search in connection with a real estate property purchase, saying Wednesday the suit came too late.
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May 20, 2026
The general contractor for a high-end condo project in Utah has told a federal court its insurer breached its contract when it failed to promptly investigate and adjust more than $1.2 million in claims for property damage caused by water intrusions.
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May 20, 2026
A Massachusetts law that lowers property tax rates on agricultural land does not grant standing to abutters seeking to unwind the sale of a Cape Cod cranberry bog to a developer, the state's highest court said Wednesday.
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May 20, 2026
A builder accused of causing significant delays and increased costs during the construction of a custom home in North Carolina is not entitled to coverage, the company's insurer told a federal court, saying the underlying suit did not allege bodily injury or property damage.
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May 20, 2026
Hong Kong lawmakers adopted legislation Wednesday to hike the rate of a tax on residential real estate transactions valued above HK$100 million ($12.7 million).
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May 19, 2026
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former One Sotheby's International Realty agent found guilty of stealing $3.7 million in proceeds from the sale of a Miami-area beachfront luxury condo to nearly two years in prison.
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May 19, 2026
Hanna Holdings Inc. urged a Pennsylvania federal court to let the Third Circuit weigh in on the lower court's dismissal orders for a proposed antitrust class action that accuses the real estate brokerage of conspiring with other parties to artificially inflate buyer-broker commission fees.
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May 19, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge signed off on the U.S. Department of Justice's settlement with RealPage, the latest development in a suit alleging landlords coordinated to inflate rental prices via the company's algorithmic pricing software.