Once Removed Episode 16: Gift and Estate Tax, Inflation Adjustments for 2024
Press: Inflation Adjusted Numbers Show BigLaw Continuing to Struggle
As odd as it may seem and as odd as it is to say, what the municipal market, medium-sized banks, and the real estate market need is a good old fashioned (but not too severe) recession. On July 26, the Federal Reserve Board...more
It’s almost impossible to escape stories of rocketing inflation and increasing costs globally. The development industry isn’t immune to these pressures but is there more to this trend than the increased cost of materials? ...more
The Consumer Price Index for Germany (CPI) is both updated monthly in line with current price developments and, as a rule, subjected to a fundamental revision at five-year intervals and switched to a new base year....more
Earlier in 2022, CBRE forecasted a 14.1% year-over-year increase in construction costs by year-end 2022, as labor and material costs continue to rise, despite the expectation that overall cost inflation for materials would...more
Eine Indexklausel, auch bekannt als Wertsicherungsklausel, findet sich in vielen gewerblichen Mietverträgen. Mit einer Indexklausel sollen inflations- und deflationsbedingte Wertveränderungen sowohl zugunsten als auch...more
The private real estate industry has been anticipating distress since the start of the pandemic. But as governments passed emergency measures to keep the economy afloat, the prospect of widespread distress receded. ...more
Phishing schemes target the mortgage industry, housing prices rise in Europe as Ukrainian refugees flee from their home country, the SEC announces new climate change regulations that will impact commercial real estate, and...more
A round of internal Facebook emails produced in response to an FTC probe appear to show that the company’s “potentially problematic privacy practices” had filtered their way up to the very top of the social networking...more
The DOJ is considering joining its European counterparts in targeting Google for potential antitrust violations focused on Google’s “advertising practices and influence in the online advertising industry,” possibly including...more
Agencies Issue Proposal on Method to Adjust Threshold for Exempting Small Loans from Special Appraisal Requirements - On July 22, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Reserve Board and the Office...more