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A&O Shearman

Navigating The Uncertainties - The Impact Of The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 On Institutional Investors In The English Private Rental...

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The Renters’ Rights Act (the Act), which received Royal Assent on October 27, 2025, introduces the most significant reforms to England’s private rented sector (PRS) in decades. While the Act aims to strengthen tenant...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Ohio Tax Commissioner Sets Uniform Capitalization Rate of 8.1% for Valuing Federally Subsidized Residential Rental Property for...

In October 2025, the Ohio Department of Taxation enacted the administrative rule outlining the new procedure for valuing eligible federally subsidized residential rental property in the state....more

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On Your Radar? 10 Real Estate Risk Areas to Watch in 2026

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In this report, we have outlined ten areas of real estate risk to have on your radar in 2026. Dispute activity is being driven by factors such as regulatory and legislative changes, ongoing financial pressures, environmental...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

HUD mandates immigration status verification for all tenants in agency-funded housing

On January 23, HUD issued a letter ordering all public housing authorities and owners participating in HUD-funded housing programs to immediately verify the citizenship and immigration status of all tenants, following an...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Real Estate Spring 2026 Horizon Scanner

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In 2026 the UK government is making plenty of promises in terms of change, rental reform and a planning shake-up. What is coming down the track in terms of new legislation over the next few months? We pull it all together...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

We Want Our Neighborhood Back: A North Carolina HOA’s Guide to Regulating Airbnb-Style Activity

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Because of this, homeowners often look to their association to “get the neighborhood back.” But short-term rental regulation is legally complex in North Carolina, and homeowner associations (“HOAs”) must tread carefully. This...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Arizona 2025 Tax Developments: A Year-End Review

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Beginning last January 1, 2025, Arizona property owners were no longer required to collect and remit city Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) on residential rental income for long-term stays of 30 consecutive days or more....more

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Impacts of the Renters’ Rights Act on Owners and Operators of Student Accommodation

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The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (‘RRA’) has fundamentally changed the UK private rented sector (‘PRS’) landscape, but certain types of student accommodation will be protected by necessary and important exemptions. ...more

Hogan Lovells

UK government announces ground rent cap on existing leases

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The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill was finally published and, alongside the anticipated changes to commonhold and promise of a future ban on new leasehold flats, the Bill also proposes a £250 a year cap on ground rents...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Normal Wear Isn't Damage: Limits Placed on Security Deposit Reductions

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In Peebles v. JRK Property Holdings, Inc., the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) interpreted the Massachusetts security deposit statute, G.L. c. 186, §15B. Its ruling arose from two questions certified to the SJC by the United...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Comply or Lose Your Tax Deductions: New Income Tax Act Rules Target Short-Term Rental Landlords

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Much like any other business, owning and managing short-term rental property is subject to provincial and municipal regulatory regimes....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Iowa Supreme Court Weighs in on Landlord Access

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The Iowa Supreme Court closed the house down on 2025 with a decision about the relationship between renters and landlords in Butter v. MidWest Property Management, No. 24-1752 (Dec. 31, 2025). ...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

New State Law Helps Cities Get Short-Term Rental Information from Airbnb, VRBO and Other Online Platforms

When Senate Bill 346 took effect on January 1, 2026, California cities won a significant victory in their efforts to enforce local transient-occupancy tax (TOT) and short term rental (STR) regulations. A city is now able to...more

Miller Starr Regalia

Developments In Landlord-Tenant Law, A 2025 Year In Review: Courts Emphasize Contract And Statutory Adherence, While The...

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The year 2025 brought continued development in California landlord-tenant law on two fronts. The courts issued decisions underscoring the importance of adhering to lease language and statutory procedure, while the Legislature...more

Pullman & Comley - For What It May Be Worth

Tax Court Ruling Sheds Light on Use of Market Rent in Determining Valuation of Medical Office Property

The Connecticut Tax Court recently addressed a property tax dispute concerning the fair market value of a 124,625 square foot medical office building in Danbury, Connecticut as of October 1, 2022. ...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

2025 Local Updates on the Missing Middle Exemption of the Florida Live Local Act

The Schimberg Center for Housing Studies recently published its annual report for 2025.  With the most recent release, we have compiled a comprehensive list of all counties within Florida that are eligible or ineligible to...more

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Rent Now, Pay Later? FTC Warns Property Management Software Companies to Make Sure Their Advertised Prices Are Accurate

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued warning letters to thirteen property management software providers notifying them that their pricing practices may violate consumer protection and antitrust laws. The warning...more

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Federal District Court Dismisses Manufactured Homes Price-Fixing Claims

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On December 4, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a proposed price-fixing and information sharing class action against several manufactured housing companies and Datacomp Appraisal...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Consumer Protection Actions Targeting Rental Housing Market

Attention multi-tenant housing property managers and owners: The FTC has issued warning letters emphasizing the need for accurate and complete pricing information when marketing rental housing. This aligns with recent...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Colorado AG Issues Guidance on New Price Transparency Law Affecting Colorado Residential Leases

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The Colorado General Assembly earlier this year passed House Bill (HB) 25-1090, which establishes comprehensive requirements for price transparency in consumer transactions, including residential leases. The new law, codified...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

FTC Sends Warning Letters to Thirteen Property Management Software Providers

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The FTC is keeping its focus on the rental housing market. Just a week after the FTC and the State of Colorado settled their lawsuit against an institutional apartment operator over fee disclosures, the FTC sent letters to...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Continues Aggressive Gramm-Leach Bliley Act Enforcement - Sends Warning Letters to Property Management Software Providers

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The Federal Trade Commission has recently announced that it sent warning letters to 13 property management software providers, nationwide. The letters warn the recipients that they may be violating the law if they inhibit...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FHFA Sets 2026 Multifamily Loan Purchase Caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

On November 24, the FHFA announced that the multifamily loan purchase caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) in 2026 will be $88 billion each, totaling $176 billion. The announcement stated that, in 2025, at...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

FTC Settles with Institutional Apartment Operator over Fee Disclosures and Signals New Rulemaking

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On December 2, 2025, the FTC and State of Colorado settled their lawsuit against the nation's largest multifamily rental housing provider. The complaint alleged that the company's marketing practices misled consumers by...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

State AGs Continue Actions Against ​“RealPage Landlords,” Multistate Settles for $7 Million

A bipartisan multistate group of nine attorneys general settled a lawsuit against the largest landlord in the U.S., Greystar Management, for $7 million as part of ongoing litigation in the rental market industry....more

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