Expert Analysis

How Reserve Studies Fit Into Condo Association Compliance

In the five years since the Surfside condominium collapse and as states like New Jersey establish related safety m... (more story)

Mapping US-China Investment Compliance For EB-5 Deals

Chinese capital deployment through the U.S.'s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, alongside China's recently establis... (more story)

Fannie, Freddie AI Rules Raise Stakes For Mortgage Lenders

Artificial intelligence governance frameworks recently released by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac impose monitoring an... (more story)

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Two Harbors Pushes Back CrossCountry Vote Again

Two Harbors Investment Corp. has once again delayed its special shareholders vote for a transaction that involves mortgage lender CrossCountry Mortgage LLC acquiring the mortgage servicing-focused real estate ... (more story)

Maynard Nexsen Adds Real Estate Group Co-Chair In NC

Maynard Nexsen PC has bolstered its capacity to handle commercial real estate matters by bringing on an attorney who co-chaired Smith Anderson's real estate group.

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How The 'Great Wealth Transfer' Will Impact Farmland

The "great wealth transfer" is shaping up to be a major storyline for the next couple of decades as the Baby Boomers begin to pass their assets to the next generation. Tyler Davis, president at land brokerage ... (more story)

Blackstone Buys $279M San Francisco Hotel From Sunstone

Blackstone has agreed to buy the Hyatt Regency San Francisco from Sunstone Hotel Investors for $279 million, about $16.5 million more than what the lodging real estate investment trust paid for the property ov... (more story)

4 Firms Advise Public Storage's $1.2B Acquisition Deal

Public Storage will acquire Public Storage Canada in a $1.2 billion cash and shares deal guided by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Torys LLP, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP and Osler Hoskin & Har... (more story)

Office Snapshot: Summer Brings Move For Lathrop GPM In DC

Lathrop GPM LLP is set to move its office in the nation's capital this summer, leaving the Watergate complex near George Washington University for a smaller space in a building just blocks from the White House.

Justices Clear Path For Exxon Damages Claim In Cuba Case

The U.S. Supreme Court found Tuesday that a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages automatically abrogates the sovereign immunity of state-owned entities... (more story)

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Colo. Justices Say Courts Can Order Condemnation Discovery

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that trial courts have discretion to order discovery before immediate possession hearings in condemnation proceedings, finding a lower court erred in concluding it lack... (more story)

NYC Loft Owner Reaches Pact With JPMorgan In Ch. 11

The owner of a Manhattan loft told a New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that it had reached a tentative agreement with lender JPMorgan Chase Bank NA that should enable the bank to take possession of the buil... (more story)

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Harvard Report Warns Housing Costs Keep Squeezing US

The share of renters considered cost-burdened reached a new all-time high as the price of housing continues to confound tenants and homeowners alike, according to an annual report from Harvard University relea... (more story)

Rent Ballot Measure Can't Go To Voters, Mass. Justices Say

A religious carveout has doomed a November ballot question seeking to bring back rent control in Massachusetts, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday, siding with a group of residents who challenged its cert... (more story)

Justices Say Mich. Tax Sale Allowed Under Constitution

A Michigan county did not violate the U.S. Constitution when it took the title of a home over a tax debt, then sold the home at a low price and refunded only that amount to the homeowner, the U.S. Supreme Cour... (more story)

Judge Slashes 'Excessive' Atty Fee Bid In PHH Mortgage Deal

A North Carolina federal judge granted the green light to a $1.5 million settlement to resolve claims from borrowers alleging PHH Mortgage Corp. sent notice of default letters containing "false threats" to spe... (more story)

Mortgage Cos. Can't Slip Antitrust Suit, Homeowners Say

A proposed class of homeowners urged a Tennessee federal court not to allow a group of mortgage lenders and software companies to dodge their antitrust claims, saying their suit sufficiently alleged that the d... (more story)