Residential

  • September 23, 2025

    Airbnb Fights $10.5M Colorado Tax Bill On Guest Fees

    The guest fee charged by Airbnb on rentals in Colorado is not subject to state and local sales taxes, the company told a state court, seeking to overturn a $10.5 million assessment by the state Department of Revenue.

  • September 23, 2025

    Insurer Says REIT Won't Return Overpayment For Fire Damage

    A commercial real estate insurance provider sued an affiliate of Revere Capital Corp. in Mississippi federal court, alleging the policyholder was overpaid for fire damage at an apartment complex and has refused to return the overpayment.

  • September 22, 2025

    Homeowners Want Allstate Denied Exit In 'Dead' Expert Case

    A couple is fighting to continue their homeowner water damage coverage claims in Texas federal court against Allstate, in a case brought by a Houston lawyer accused of presenting testimony from a dead expert witness in the case.

  • September 22, 2025

    Zillow Accused Of Jacking Up Costs Via Hidden Agent Fees

    A proposed class of homebuyers is claiming that real estate search platform Zillow uses its market dominance to illegally increase purchase prices nationwide, particularly via steep agent fees that are never disclosed to buyers or sellers, according to a suit filed Friday in Washington federal court.

  • September 22, 2025

    EB-5 Industry Leaders Ponder Path To Long-Term Future

    While the 35-year-old EB-5 investment visa program has been enjoying arguably its strongest period, following recent reforms, the program's fate came up frequently during the Advanced EB-5 Industry Conference last week in Miami — and that was before President Donald Trump signed an order to roll out his own "gold card" investment visa program late Friday.

  • September 22, 2025

    HUD Attys Say Trump Is Undermining Fair Housing Work

    A group of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development attorneys claimed in a lawsuit Monday that the Trump administration is deliberately undermining the federal government's enforcement of fair housing laws.

  • September 22, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Last week, Match.com secured approval for a $30M settlement over its 2019 reverse spinoff from IAC, and Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn urged decorum among Delaware lawyers, comparing recent legal turmoil to dark times in British monarchy history. Here's the latest from the Chancery Court.

  • September 22, 2025

    2 More NYC Casino Proposals Fold

    The last remaining proposal for a casino in Manhattan has failed to obtain a full gaming license in New York City, and, ahead of a vote, local elected officials have also ruled out a Coney Island casino plan.

  • September 22, 2025

    Summer 2025: Hottest Buyer's Market In More Than A Decade

    This past summer was the strongest buyer's market in more than a decade, with Florida and Texas showing the most strength, according to a Monday report from residential brokerage firm Redfin.

  • September 22, 2025

    Rosenberg & Estis Adds Attys To Commercial Litigation Team

    Rosenberg & Estis PC has hired a former Ford O'Brien Landy LLP partner as a member and an ex-Milbank LLP associate as counsel for its general commercial litigation team in New York City, the firm announced.

  • September 22, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig Financial Atty Joins McGlinchey Stafford

    McGlinchey Stafford PLLC announced that an experienced consumer finance attorney with in-house experience has joined the firm's Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office from Greenberg Traurig LLP.

  • September 22, 2025

    RealPage Settles Nevada's Rent Pricing Software Claims

    RealPage has reached a settlement with the state of Nevada over concerns about the use of its revenue management software by rental housing owners, with the company admitting to no wrongdoing but agreeing to put limits on its use of nonpublic data in the state.

  • September 22, 2025

    PE-Backed Flood Insurance Provider Neptune Eyes $350M IPO

    Florida-based residential and commercial flood insurer Neptune Insurance said Monday that it is seeking a valuation of $2.76 billion in an initial public offering next week advised by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

  • September 22, 2025

    Mass. Court Says Property In Historic District Isn't Tax-Exempt

    A Massachusetts man failed to prove his property was tax-exempt because it was "taken" by the government when the city designated the property to be in a historic district, the state appellate court ruled Monday. 

  • September 22, 2025

    NYC Real Estate Week In Review

    Richter Restrepo and Adler & Stachenfeld landed work on two of the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a period that saw multiple large apartment building trades.

  • September 22, 2025

    2 Firms Advise Compass' $1.6B Buy Of Broker Anywhere

    Real estate broker Compass said Monday that it has struck a deal to acquire rival broker Anywhere Real Estate for $1.6 billion, in a transaction advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.

  • September 22, 2025

    2 Firms Guide $142M Financing For Bronx Apartment Complex

    A New York City housing nonprofit acquired a cluster of apartment buildings in the Bronx where formerly homeless families live, a complex it plans to renovate with the help of a $142 million capital stack, guided by Richter Restrepo PLLC and Blank Rome LLP.

  • September 19, 2025

    Justices Asked To Review Optional NAR Rule In Zillow Case

    A defunct brokerage platform is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case accusing Zillow and the National Association of Realtors of stamping out competition by using the trade association's optional rule to relegate outside home listings to a secondary tab on Zillow's site.

  • September 19, 2025

    JLL Lines Up $54M Brooklyn Development Site Sale

    JLL Capital Markets has secured the $54.3 million sale of a 289,957-square-foot Brooklyn development site that's been approved to be the location of a 10-story, 355-unit apartment building.

  • September 19, 2025

    Chinese Citizens Sue Texas Over Real Estate Ownership Ban

    Three citizens of the People's Republic of China claimed in Texas federal court that a recently passed law prohibiting people from certain countries deemed hostile to the U.S. from buying land in the state is unconstitutional.

  • September 19, 2025

    Dwight Nets Capital For $1B In Multifamily Construction Loans

    Dwight Securities Management LLC has obtained enough capital to originate up to $1 billion worth of construction loans that use U.S. multifamily properties as collateral, the company announced Friday.

  • September 19, 2025

    Ex-Construction Co. General Counsel Joins Bilzin Sumberg

    Miami-based Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP announced that the former general counsel of contractor Coastal Construction has joined the firm as a partner.

  • September 19, 2025

    Blackstone Names Real Estate Leader After NYC Shooting

    Blackstone said Sept. 19 that it has appointed a new leader for its real estate business following the death of an executive during a mass shooting at a Midtown Manhattan office building in July.

  • September 19, 2025

    Fired Public Housing CEO Sues NC City, Alleging Racial Bias

    The former CEO of a North Carolina city's public housing authority has hit the city and authority board with a race discrimination and breach of contract suit, alleging in North Carolina federal court that the defendants violated her work contract because she's an African American woman.

  • September 18, 2025

    Fire Risk Modelers See Promise In Advancing Calif. Bill

    A recently approved California bill supporting the development of a public fire risk model could help boost transparency around methods insurers use to make coverage decisions, while advancing a complicated field of study full of uncertainties, experts say.

Expert Analysis

  • The Current And Future State Of Bank-Fintech Partnerships

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    Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Donald Trump seems likely to cultivate an environment friendlier to the financial services industry, bank-fintech partnerships should stay devoted to proactive compliance and be ready to adapt to regulatory shifts that may intensify scrutiny from enforcers, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Navigating Mortgage Insurance Provisions After LA Fires

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    As homeowners affected by the Los Angeles wildfires consider rebuilding, mortgage lenders and servicers must negotiate the complex intersection between the standard deed of trust and property insurance, says Heather Wright at Buchalter.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal appellate court class certification decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving breach of life insurance contracts, constitutional violations of inmates and more.

  • 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.