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Latest News in Real Estate
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February 20, 2026
Real Estate Recap: REITs, FinCEN, Transfer-Based Cleanup
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney views into shareholder activism among public real estate investment trusts, FinCEN's new anti-money laundering rule, and the second-to-last U.S. state to shed certain pollution inspections for commercial and industrial property transfers.
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February 20, 2026
Ex-Exec Must Arbitrate Claims In CoStar DQ-Embroiled Spat
A California federal judge sent most of a former Matterport executive's harassment and retaliation suit to arbitration, amid a suit that has prompted CoStar's efforts to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP counsel in separate litigation.
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February 20, 2026
Zillow Fights Class Claims It Pushed Buyers Into Pricey Loans
Real estate marketplace Zillow urged a Seattle federal judge Friday to throw out homebuyers' accusations it violated a Washington consumer protection law and federal anti-racketeering and real estate statutes, rejecting claims that it directed buyers to its own more costly mortgage services and steered website visitors toward Zillow-affiliated sales agents.
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February 20, 2026
Fintech Mortgage Co. Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
Blockchain home loan company Figure Lending LLC was hit with a proposed class action in North Carolina federal court accusing it of failing to safeguard customers' data from cybercriminals during a breach of its computer systems earlier this month.
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February 20, 2026
Veterans Accuse Mortgage Lender Of Illegal Kickback Scheme
Veterans United Home Loans is facing a proposed class action that claims it steers servicemembers into costly mortgages through a system of illegal referrals and kickbacks with preferred sales agents.
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