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Your Next Real Estate Deal Could Require CFIUS Approval

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 8/28/2024

CFIUS Review Might Apply to Your Real Estate Deal - Most real estate professionals do not expect to seek approval from the president of the United States before closing a real estate deal. However, the U.S. Treasury...more

Supreme Court Narrows Local Governments’ Ability to Impose Impact Fees – A Potential Sea Change for California

Allen Matkins on 4/16/2024

On April 12, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its much-anticipated ruling in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, U.S. No. 22-1074 (petition for certiorari granted 9/29/23) (Sheetz). The case concerned the...more

Betting the Farm on Solar: Leasing and Due Diligence Considerations

DarrowEverett LLP on 4/10/2024

While imagery of the American Dream used to be picturesque farm towns, robust bounties and families gathered around the table for a meal, values have shifted, and once-robust farming communities have become forgotten lands,...more

Streamlining the Development Process with Blockchain Technology (III of IV)

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/20/2024

Our prior two posts on blockchain technology and real estate looked at blockchain basics and how it can be used to make real estate transactions and the recording of documents more transparent, efficient, and secure. But I...more

Florida Client Alert: New and Future Changes to Florida Laws Affecting Real Property

Maynard Nexsen on 2/7/2024

Tort reform laws are not the only significant changes underway in Florida. There also are a series of changes to Florida law that either have taken effect, will take effect, or may potentially take effect (more on that...more

Defense of a Deed Signed by a 12-Year-Old Fails

Gray Reed on 10/23/2023

Foreshadowing a grim future for family weddings and funerals, Bell and Petsch v. Petch is a property dispute over five tracts of land in Gillespie County, Texas, in which siblings are the combatants. The events are less...more

Plugged In: An EV Newsletter Volume 1 No. 7

Dickinson Wright on 9/29/2023

The rapid proliferation of EV charging stations on commercial properties – in apartment complexes, at offices, hotels and shopping centers, entertainment venues and recreational sites, public parking lots and even hospitals...more

‎2023 Changes to Texas Law: Property ‎Tax Exemption for Public Facility Corporations Owning ‎Affordable Housing

Locke Lord LLP on 6/12/2023

The 88th Regular Session (2023) of the Texas Legislature approved HB 2071 (the “Bill”), substantially revising the way public facility corporations can be utilized to own and operate affordable housing. While some provisions...more

ESG: UK Smart Buildings: retrofit for purpose?

Hogan Lovells on 5/24/2023

In this second article in our three-part smart buildings series, we ask: is retrofitting an existing building worth it? Smart buildings utilise integrated technology systems to optimise energy usage and improve building...more

Legal Concerns of Real Estate in the Metaverse: Navigating the Virtual Frontier

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC on 4/26/2023

The concept of the metaverse, a virtual world where users interact with digital environments and each other in immersive ways, has gained significant attention in recent years. With advancements in virtual reality (VR) and...more

The Second U.S. NFT Property Is Ready To be Auctioned

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/12/2022

Propy has announced that the second U.S. NFT-backed property (see our blog about the first NFT sale here in which we discussed blockchain technology, and specifically how the sale works) is set to be auctioned, with a...more

Blockchain Technology Is Changing The Real Estate Industry

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/24/2022

On February 10, 2022, the first NFT-based property was bought through an auction on Propy, a blockchain-focused real estate company. The Florida home was sold for $653,163 worth of Ether, and the home’s property rights were...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending December 17, 2021

Carlton Fields on 12/31/2021

Real Property Update - Taking Order: Rejecting property owner's argument that the Florida Department of Transportation failed to make a good faith estimate of value required by statute based upon a disagreement between...more

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Argentina (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 12/3/2021

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER ARGENTINIAN LAW - I. INTRODUCTION. Below you will find a brief outline of the legal regulation of the acquisition of real estate property in Argentina, which is mainly governed...more

Law Brief®: Robert Wolf, Alexander Tiktin and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Continuing Foreclosure/Eviction Moratorium

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 11/30/2021

On the latest Law Brief® episode, Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Partner Robert Wolf and Associate Alexander Tiktin join host, Richard Schoenstein to discuss the current status of the COVID-19 foreclosure and eviction...more

California Wildfires - Underwriting Considerations

Zelle LLP on 11/1/2021

Wildfires in California are, unfortunately, burning as frequently and as ferociously as ever. Exemplified by the 2017, 2018, and 2020 wildfire seasons, the number of wildfires in the last 5 years stands at a staggering 85,028...more

Impact of UK Autumn Budget on real estate sector

BCLP on 10/28/2021

It was a relatively light Budget for the real estate sector. Highlights included the long-awaited announcement of the rate of the residential property developer tax and some reform of business rates....more

Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up - August 2021

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 8/12/2021

Proptech and office return delays continue to grow, the new infrastructure bill could track your travel data, investor activity shows an expectation that business properties will rebound after COVID-19 shutdowns, and more....more

[Webinar] Living on the Edge: Managing Sea Level Rise in California - May 27th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Nossaman LLP on 5/6/2021

With the recent flurry of coastal law bills before the California State Legislature and the myriad headlines advising that we must retreat from the shore, sea level rise (SLR) and related climate change topics remain front...more

Carbon Emissions and the Recent Climate Mobilization Act of New York City

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/15/2021

The new Presidential administration has set off a renewed emphasis on sustainability and climate change. While owners and other stakeholders involved in New York City real estate have been grappling with many of these issues...more

California Proposition 19: What Does This Mean for Property Tax Transfers and Exemptions?

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 12/11/2020

Children Inheriting Parents’ Property Will Be Impacted Financially - Newly passed Proposition 19 will have potentially severe financial consequences for children inheriting property from their parents. Approved by California...more

Navigating Proposition 19: Planning for 2021 Changes to California Real Property Tax Reassessment Rules

Perkins Coie on 11/30/2020

On November 3, 2020, California voters narrowly approved Proposition 19 (The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters Act) and with it comes significant property...more

Prop 19 Passes: Preserve Low Property Taxes for Next Generation

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on 11/9/2020

California’s unofficial election results indicate that Proposition 19, one of the two Propositions affecting California property tax rules, passed and will affect transfers after February 15, 2021. Commercial and industrial...more

The Oil Producer and Premises Liability During Covid-19

Gray Reed on 7/9/2020

Let’s set aside fracking challenges, low prices, and pipeline rejections to discuss the mundane. Should you as an owner of property be concerned about premises liability claims? We’re talking about the office environment and...more

The Main Street Lending Program: Which Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Are Eligible?

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 6/23/2020

The Federal Reserve continues to make major changes to the Main Street Lending Program (the “Program”), a brand-new, multi-facility $600 billion lending program designed to make additional credit available to small and...more

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