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  • February 11, 2025

    NY Bill Would Direct New Tax Revenue To Property Tax Cuts

    New York state would require money derived from new or increased taxes to be used to reduce local property taxes under a bill introduced in the Senate.

  • February 11, 2025

    Joint Venture Wraps Up $131M Ariz. Apartment Complex Sale

    A joint venture between real estate companies Rockpoint and The Related Group sold a 388-unit Phoenix apartment complex to Goodman Real Estate for $131.1 million in a deal guided by Marcus & Millichap's Institutional Property Advisers division, the brokerage firm announced Tuesday.

  • February 11, 2025

    Investor Oaktree Closes $16B Distressed Debt Fund

    Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management on Tuesday said it had closed a $16 billion distressed-debt fund aimed at providing capital to companies in a variety of industries, with Kirkland & Ellis advising. 

  • February 11, 2025

    NYC Mayor Says Bribery Case Is Over, Despite Silent Docket

    Amid an absence of activity on the court docket, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared Tuesday that the federal bribery case against him "will no longer continue," following reports of a U.S. Department of Justice memo directing prosecutors to drop the case.

  • February 11, 2025

    Developer Trio Tops Out $197M Nashville Residential Project

    A trio of developers including PMG, New Valley and RMWC announced that their 16-story, mixed-use project in Nashville, Tennessee, has completed its vertical construction and will open to residents by the end of the year.

  • February 10, 2025

    Lawmakers Look To Strike COVID-Era Renter Rights

    Federal lawmakers introduced bicameral legislation on Monday that would repeal a provision of the COVID-19 stimulus bill under which landlords must provide 30-day notices to tenants who have missed rent payments before beginning eviction proceedings.

  • February 10, 2025

    Calif. Ruling Holds Wildfire Debris Not A Coverable Loss

    Two California homeowners didn't have a covered claim for wildfire debris that infiltrated their home, a state appeals panel ruled, saying there was no evidence the debris caused the kind of loss or damage required for coverage.

  • February 10, 2025

    Morgan Stanley Exec Sees US Real Estate Poised For Upturn

    There is a lot of volatility and uncertainty in the world today, but a number of conditions point to the U.S. real estate market still being well-positioned to forge a recovery over the next few years, a leader of Morgan Stanley's real estate investment arm told attendees at a recent conference in Miami.

  • February 10, 2025

    DC Apartment Owner Finds Ch. 11 Buyer Via Credit Bid

    The owner of a Washington, D.C., apartment building told a Delaware bankruptcy judge it found a buyer for the property who will acquire the asset through a credit bid.

  • February 10, 2025

    QXO Rips Roofing Co. For Misleading Investors On $11B Offer

    QXO Inc. accused Beacon Roofing Supply Inc.'s board of directors on Monday of "cherry-picking" and manipulating performance metrics in statements urging shareholders to reject an $11 billion hostile takeover bid, adding that its offer is compelling, especially given the lack of competing proposals.

  • February 10, 2025

    Meet The Attys Who Advised A Homebuilder's $5.8B Spinoff

    Legal teams at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP helped home construction company Lennar Corp. complete a $5.8 billion spinoff of its land site purchase platform, Millrose Properties Inc., according to a recent announcement.

  • February 10, 2025

    Calif. Residents Say Co. Can't Prove Price-Fixing Conspiracy

    Two California residents urged a federal judge to grant them a win in a suit accusing them of conspiring to overcharge a buyer that wants to acquire their property to build a city, saying the buyer can't prove they participated in any price-fixing scheme.

  • February 10, 2025

    Dallas Loses Bid To Reinstate Short-Term Rental Ban 

    A Texas appeals court has ruled that two Dallas ordinances criticized for effectively banning short-term rentals don't gel with property rights enshrined in the state's constitution, siding with landlords who do business on Airbnb and Vrbo. 

  • February 10, 2025

    Ill. House Bill Seeks Study Of Eliminating Property Tax System

    Illinois would direct its Department of Revenue and the governor's Office and Management and Budget to determine the possibility of eliminating the state's property tax system and replacing the revenue with income tax receipts under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.

  • February 10, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig, Kirkland Guide $195M Hotel, Condo Loan

    Property owner, operator and developer GFI Capital Resources Group Inc. borrowed a $195 million mortgage loan for its downtown Manhattan hotel and condominium building in a deal guided by Greenberg Traurig LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • February 10, 2025

    NYC Real Estate Week In Review

    Greenberg Traurig, McDermott Will & Emery and Pryor Cashman are among the law firms that landed work on the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, with an SL Green Realty Manhattan transaction leading the way.

  • February 07, 2025

    Rocket Mortgagors Say New Judge Tilted 4th Circ. Decision

    Borrowers who accused Rocket Mortgage of inflating their home values have asked the full Fourth Circuit to reconsider a panel ruling that reversed their class certification, arguing that the panel only reversed course from its previous ruling because a federal judge, sitting by designation, joined the panel the second time around.

  • February 07, 2025

    Fla. Atty Couple Can't Escape Verdict Over Abandoning House

    A Florida state appeals court has reinstated the original verdict against an attorney husband and wife team for breaching a lease agreement on a rental house and leaving it in disrepair, ruling that a reasonable jury could find that the landlord performed his expressly authorized duties to preserve the property.

  • February 07, 2025

    Appellate Court OKs Trim Of Goldman Family Portfolio Battle

    A New York state appellate court affirmed a trial court's toss of several claims brought against the late Sol Goldman's real estate empire by inheritors who allege his daughter squeezed them out of the family business and manipulated an appraisal when they sought to cash out on their stake.

  • February 07, 2025

    Property Plays: KKR, Freshfields, Sonesta

    Property Plays is a weekly roundup of the latest loans, leases, sales and projects around the country. Send your tips — all confidential — to realestate@law360.com.

  • February 07, 2025

    SoCal Edison Says Its Equipment May Have Caused Hurst Fire

    Southern California Edison told a state energy regulator that it believes its utility equipment might have ignited last month's Hurst Fire in northern Los Angeles County, but it's still investigating the cause of the area's far more destructive Eaton Fire.

  • February 07, 2025

    Roofing Co.'s Board Fights $11B Hostile Takeover Offer

    Beacon Roofing Supply Inc.'s board of directors is urging shareholders to reject an $11 billion hostile takeover bid by QXO Inc., noting the offer is no different from the technology and software company's earlier proposal.

  • February 07, 2025

    2 RE Execs, Brother Assaulted 60 Women, Feds Say

    Three brothers from Florida, including two prominent real estate executives, denied sex-trafficking charges in Manhattan federal court Friday alleging they conspired to drug and rape women, as a prosecutor said the authorities have interviewed over 60 victims.

  • February 06, 2025

    Kraken Co-Founder Accuses 'Elite' SF Condo Of Political Bias

    Crypto-exchange Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell sued the owner of a landmark condominium — dubbed "Susie's Building" — in California state court Wednesday, claiming the property's allegedly "elite" Democratic shareholders discriminated against him by blocking his efforts to buy a condo due to his conservative views and role in the crypto industry.

  • February 06, 2025

    Dem Sens. Re-Introduce Bill To Stop Algorithmic Price-Fixing

    A group of Democratic senators has re-introduced a bill that would prevent companies from using common software and shared data to set prices through algorithms, an issue that's been the subject of mounting litigation in the rental housing market and other sectors.

Expert Analysis

  • California Supreme Court's Year In Review

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    Attorneys at Horvitz & Levy highlight notable decisions on major questions from the California Supreme Court's last term, including voter initiatives, hostile work environment and the economic loss rule.

  • How CFIUS' Updated Framework Affects Global Investors

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    The recent change to the monitoring and enforcement regulations governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will broaden administrative practices around nonnotified transaction investigations, increase the scope of information demands from the committee and accelerate its ability to impose mitigation on parties, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • 'Reverse Redlining' Suit Reveals Language Risks For Lenders

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    The Justice Department's case against consumer finance provider Colony Ridge highlights the government's focus on lending to consumers with limited English proficiency and the risks of generating marketing materials in other languages while conducting actual transactions in English, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • Hurricane Coverage Ruling Clarifies Appraisal Scope In Fla.

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    In a case involving property insurance for hurricane damage, a Florida federal court recently enforced policy limits despite an appraisal award exceeding those limits, underscoring the boundaries between valuation and coverage — a distinction that provides valuable guidance for insurers handling post-catastrophe claims, says Tiffany Bustamante at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Feds May Have Overstepped In Suit Against Mortgage Lender

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against Rocket Mortgage goes too far in attempting to combat racial bias and appears to fail on the fatal flaw that mortgage lenders should be at arm's length from appraisers, says Drew Ketterer at Ketterer & Ketterer.

  • Foreclosing Lenders Still Floating In Murky Legal Waters In NY

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    The New York foreclosure landscape remains in disarray after the state's highest court last month declined to weigh in on whether legal changes from 2022 that severely curtailed lenders' ability to bring successive foreclosure cases were retroactive, says Brian Rich at Barclay Damon.

  • Philly's Algorithmic Rent Ban Furthers Antitrust Policy Trends

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    A Philadelphia bill banning the use of algorithmic software to set rent prices and manage occupancy rates is indicative of growing scrutiny of this technology, and reflects broader policy trends of adapting traditional antitrust principles to respond to new technology, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • How Property Insurance Coverage Shrank After The Pandemic

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    Insurers litigating property claims are leveraging rulings that provided relief in the COVID-19 context to reverse the former majority rule on physical loss or damage in all contexts, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Why Secured Lenders Must Mind The Gap In UCC Searches

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    If not adequately addressed, the Uniform Commercial Code filing indexing gap can interfere with a lender's expected lien priority, but taking appropriate preclosing actions and properly timing searches can eliminate this risk, says Robert Wonneberger at Barclay Damon.

  • Election Outcome Could Reshape Financial Industry

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    The policies of the next presidential administration and Congress will shape the landscape of financial services in the U.S. — including banking, mortgage, investment and credit services — for years to come, affecting Wall Street investors and aspiring homeowners alike, say Alexander Hecht and Frank Guinta at Mintz.

  • There's No Crying In Property Valuation Baseball Arbitration

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    The World Series is the perfect time to consider how the form of arbitration used for settling MLB salary disputes — in which each side offers competing valuations to an arbitrator, who must select one — is often ideal for resolving property valuation disputes, say Sean O’Donnell at Herrick Feinstein and Mark Dunec at FTI Consulting.

  • Navigating Fla.'s Shorter Construction Defect Claim Window

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    In light of recent legislation reducing the amount of time Florida homeowners have to bring construction defect claims, homeowners should be sure to understand their rights and responsibilities regarding maintenance, repairs and inspections set forth in developer-drafted documents, say Brian Tannenbaum and Nicholas Vargo at Ball Janik.

  • Rental Price-Fixing Suit Against RealPage Doesn't Add Up

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    Recent government antitrust litigation against RealPage, alleging that the software company's algorithm for setting rental prices amounts to price-fixing, has failed to allege an actual conspiracy, and is an example of regulatory overreach that should be reined in, says Andrew Ketterer at Ketterer & Ketterer.