Read Residential Real Estate law updates, news, and legal analysis from leading lawyers and law firms:
Condo Adviser: Condominium Rules and Enforcement
Condo Adviser: Adjacent Development Rights and Objections
Condo Adviser: What is 'FHA approved,' exactly?
Condo Owners and Dealing with Uncooperative Management Companies
Reserve Funds: Purposes and Common Mistakes
Accessibility Concerns for Disabled Condo Owners
Ventas' Debra Cafaro on why the Health Care asset class is well positioned in today's economy
Widow Foreclosure Catch-22
A New World for Mortgage Banking – What You Need to Know About the CFPB’s Final Mortgage Servicing Rules
Former Congressman Steve Bartlett Joins the LEVICK Team
Taking it Seriously: Unusual Lease Violations in Virginia
Weekly Brief: Lawyers Laid Off After Foreclosure Settlement
Allen Matkins/CBRE 360 in 60 - Industrial Markets Overview
Allen Matkins/CBRE 360 in 60 - Capital Markets Overview
Allen Matkins/CBRE 360 in 60 - Economy Overview
Weekly Brief: Hurricane Sandy, GC Donations, Tweeting Fake News
Weekly Brief: BoA Sued; SCOTUS Shortlists; Fund Fights Argentina
Weekly Brief: CFPB, Legal Fees & Hashtag Hijackers
Can Cities Use Eminent Domain To Seize Mortgage Loans?
How to Fight a Wrongful Foreclosure
Waterfall Distributions for Investors...more
Managers who are organizing an investment funds....more
In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - MISCELLANY - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY - Excerpt from...more
On December 7, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a no-action letter to mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs). The letter states...more
On December 17, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) announced a lawsuit on behalf of four insolvent credit unions against a mortgage securitizer in which the agency alleges violations of federal and state...more
In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - CREDIT CARDS - INSURANCE - E-COMMERCE - PRIVACY/DATA...more
In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - CFTC No-Action Relief for Securitizations from Commodity Pool Operator Registration - CFTC No-Action Relief for Mortgage REIT Operators from Commodity Pool...more
In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Fiscal Cliff; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Whatever happened in the world of financial services last...more
How can Countrywide/B of A even keep a straight face when it argues that correspondent lenders need to pay it outrageous amounts of money to settle claims for actual or potential losses?...more
On December 7, the CFTC issued a no-action letter to mortgage real estate investment trusts which provides that the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight will not recommend that the CFTC take enforcement action...more
In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - CFTC No-Action Relief for CPO Registration of Business Development Companies - CFTC No-Action Relief for Certain Swap Transactions - CFTC and International...more
In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - MISCELLANY - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - E-COMMERCE - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY -...more
New Filing Requirements - Yesterday, the Commissioner of Corporation issued Release 121-C announcing new filings required by Corporations Code Section 25102.2 which takes effect on January 1, 2013. As discussed in Bill...more
In This Issue: - Banks Concerned as TAG Program Set to Expire - European Banks Set to Take Bigger Hit than U.S. Over Libor Probe - N.Y. AG Sues Credit Suisse for Misleading Investors on Mortgages -...more
On November 19, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the FHFA’s state-law claims against a financial institution with regard to the offering of certain residential mortgage-backed securities...more
In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - Excerpt from Securities: Residential...more
Seit Vorlage des Entwurfs des Kapitalanlagegesetzbuchs (KAGB) am 20. Juli 2012 ist eine der vieldiskutierten Fragen hinsichtlich des Anwendungsbereichs des Gesetzes, ob Real Estate Investment Trusts („G-REIT“) von diesem...more
In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - E-COMMERCE - CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT - Excerpt from FEDERAL...more
On October 23, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) agreed to pay $42.5 million to the State of Nevada in a settlement to end an investigation by the Nevada Attorney General into RBS’s mortgage acquisition and securitization...more
On October 22, the Reserve Bank of Australia introduced new criteria for the eligibility of RMBS in its operations, which will require RMBS issuers to provide detailed information on reporting templates regarding...more
This issue of the Credit Crunch Digest focuses on a class action against 12 banks alleging manipulation of the Libor rate; lawsuits, investigations and settlements involving Wells Fargo & Co., Credit Suisse AG, JP Morgan...more
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS ISSUE: - FEDERAL ISSUES - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - CREDIT CARDS - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY - Excerpt From : FEDERAL ISSUES CFPB...more
Derivatives Insight - On October 11, the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (the "Division") published two interpretative letters inrelation to the regulation of commodity pool operators. The first...more
OSFI Releases Revisions to its Draft Corporate Governance Guideline: The Ongoing Evolution of Governance Practices Corporate governance has become an increased area of focus for regulators in the financial services...more
In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments · CFTC Guidance on Commodity Pool Registration Exclusion · FDIC, Fed, and OCC Rules for Large Bank Stress Tests · FHFA Releases Strategic Plan for 2013 –...more
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