Trump Order On Wall Street Landlords Floats Antitrust Review
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to avoid supporting single-family home purchases by institutional investors, calling the practice an impediment to homeownership for U.S. families.
Real Estate Attorneys Screwup Playbook
Real estate attorneys even at the highest echelons of the legal profession make mistakes, and how those mistakes are resolved can vary as much as how they arise.
Florida Lawmakers Eye Property Tax, Housing Affordability
Real estate has found itself at the center of Florida's recent annual legislative sessions, and in what is shaping up to be a session full of intrigue, it will once again be a major focus in the just-launched 2026 edition, but with some new twists.
Trump Order On Wall Street Landlords Floats Antitrust Review
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to avoid supporting single-family home purchases by institutional investors, calling the practice an impediment to homeownership for U.S. families.
Real Estate Attorneys Screwup Playbook
Real estate attorneys even at the highest echelons of the legal profession make mistakes, and how those mistakes are resolved can vary as much as how they arise.
Florida Lawmakers Eye Property Tax, Housing Affordability
Real estate has found itself at the center of Florida's recent annual legislative sessions, and in what is shaping up to be a session full of intrigue, it will once again be a major focus in the just-launched 2026 edition, but with some new twists.
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King & Spalding hired an ex-McDermott Will & Schulte partner for a partner role on its real estate and funds team in New York City, the firm announced.
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The Florida International Universtiy has accused an architecture firm of botching the construction of an interfaith chapel on campus, saying in a suit filed in state court that the company failed to correct an... (more story)
A Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP commodities partner has joined Sidley Austin LLP's regulatory and enforcement practice in Washington, D.C.
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A law firm urged a Louisiana federal court Wednesday to toss a proposed class action over an alleged scheme to collect exorbitant fees on hurricane-related property insurance claims, saying the complaint fails... (more story)
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed erasing regulations that codify covert forms of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act, which attorneys say may cloud litigation and HUD discrim... (more story)
Cloover announced Wednesday that the green fintech company raised $22 million via a Series A equity financing as well as a $1.2 billion debt facility from a leading European bank, guided by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
Newmark Group Inc. announced that it helped GO Residential Real Estate Investment Trust sell a "significant stake" in a luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side based on a valuation of about $1... (more story)
A proposed class of real estate agents accused property listing company Zillow Group Inc. and several of its subsidiaries in Washington federal court of running a monopoly that forces real estate agents to, am... (more story)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Holland & Knight LLP and Hogan Lovells are among the law firms that guided the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, with four nine-figure transactions.