Expert Analysis

How 2025 Executive Orders Are Reshaping Consumer Finance

In 2025, President Donald Trump used executive orders to initiate a reversal of policies on fair lending, urge age... (more story)

How Developers Can Harness New Texas Zoning Framework

A Texas law introducing a new zoning framework has the potential to unlock meaningful multifamily development oppo... (more story)

2026 State AI Bills That Could Expand Liability, Insurance Risk

State bills legislating artificial intelligence that are expected to pass in 2026 will reshape the liability lands... (more story)

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New Real Estate Association President On Tariffs, Financing

President Donald Trump's tariffs have created myriad risk allocation questions for real estate parties and, by extension, their attorneys, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers' newest president told Law... (more story)

9th Circ. Upholds County Fines For Illegal Short-Term Rentals

The Ninth Circuit on Friday refused to stop a Nevada county from enforcing ordinances that don't allow unlicensed short-term rentals to operate, ruling that the lower court rightfully sided against a local com... (more story)

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Changing Tech Is Data Centers' Problem For Another Day

Data centers have become the darling of the real estate industry, but there are still unanswered questions about how the technology will ultimately be monetized and what leasing and financing structures will e... (more story)

2 Firms Advise REIT's $386M SoHo Retail Buy

Empire State Realty Trust has purchased two office properties in SoHo, Manhattan, from children's publisher and media group Scholastic for $386 million.

Paramount Signs 1st Lease At New Manhattan Studio

Realty Trust, Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. and Blackstone Real Estate announced that the joint venture partners behind a Manhattan studio still under construction have signed the property's first lease with ... (more story)

Condo Association Sued Over Fatal Trip On Chewy Box

The estate of a woman who died after tripping over a Chewy Inc. delivery package has filed a new lawsuit in Connecticut state court that blames a Stratford-based condominium association and related entities fo... (more story)

Burr & Forman Adds Ex-Nelson Mullins Atty To SC Office

Burr & Forman LLP has hired a former Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP attorney for a counsel role on its real estate team in Charleston, South Carolina, the firm announced Friday.

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BLDG Eyeing New Jersey's First Tower North Of 1,000 Feet

BLDG Management is seeking to build a 1,055-foot residential tower in Jersey City, New Jersey, that would become the tallest building in the state, and Law360 has added that project to its tall buildings tracker.

Jones Day, Alston Bird Guide $89M Invitation Homes Buy

Invitation Homes Inc. said Friday that it has paid $89 million to acquire an Atlanta-based build-to-rent housing developer operating in the Southeast, a deal advised by Jones Day and Alston & Bird LLP.

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How C-PACE Is Helping Fla. Developers Keep Foot On Pedal

In the opening days of 2026, South Florida's real estate market has shown signs of maintaining positive momentum on the development front as well as developers' growing affinity for commercial property-assesse... (more story)

Pinnacle Tenants Want Repair Assurances In Ch. 11 Sale

Groups representing tenants living in rent-stabilized housing units owned by bankrupt affiliates of Pinnacle Group told a New York judge Thursday they want the buyer of the debtor's assets to provide as much a... (more story)

HUD Must Award Homeless Housing Grants, Court Hears

A coalition of local governments and service providers have urged a Rhode Island federal court to order the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to award funding previously allocated under a key ho... (more story)

State Dept. Releases List Of Countries Targeted By Visa Pause

The U.S. Department of State released an official list of the 75 countries for which it will pause issuing immigrant visas, after it said immigrants from these countries "take welfare from the American people ... (more story)

4 Firms Advise $133M Loan For Newark Housing Project

Investment management giant Barings has committed to providing up to $133.4 million to a joint venture between Berger Organization and SK Development for a mixed-income housing project in Newark, New Jersey, w... (more story)