Expert Analysis

What Ex-CFPB Head's Calif. Role May Foretell For Oversight

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's selection of former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra to l... (more story)

New Colo. Retainage Bonds Shift Construction Power Balance

A new Colorado law that can force property owners and developers to accept bonds from contractors in lieu of tradi... (more story)

8 Ways 2026's Market Divide Is Rewriting Real Estate Risk

As construction activity increasingly concentrates in data centers, healthcare and other resilient sectors, real e... (more story)

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Prologis Pushes Segro For Talks On £12.6B Takeover Bid

Real estate investment trust Prologis Inc. has ramped up pressure on the board of Segro PLC to engage in talks for a £12.6 billion ($16.9 billion) takeover, telling shareholders in the British company on Thurs... (more story)

Calif. Ex-Social Worker Helps 2 Sides Of NYC Real Estate Deal

A $31 million Manhattan commercial property transaction is nothing out of the ordinary. A handful of such deals — give or take $10 million — typically hit public records each week. But in the case of 38 W. 21s... (more story)

These Firms Guided First Half's Top Hospitality M&A Deals

Weil, Mayer Brown and Paul Weiss are among the law firms that landed work on the largest hospitality mergers and acquisitions of the year's first half, a period that saw seven transactions north of $1 billion. 

Minn. Tax Court Weighs Tower Sale Prices In Value Dispute

The Minnesota Tax Court will consider recent purchase prices for the Wells Fargo Center in Minneapolis, along with a discounted cash flow analysis, in a hundred-million-dollar tax valuation dispute over the office tower.

3 Firms Guide MasTec's $1.7B Acquisition Of Superior Group

MasTec, a Coral Gables, Florida-based engineering and construction company, said it has reached a deal to buy The Superior Group, an Ohio-based, data center infrastructure-focused electrical contractor, for $1.7 billion.

NJ Office Buildings Finding Second Life As Housing, JLL Says

More and more "outdated" and "underutilized" New Jersey office properties are being converted into affordable housing and other developments due to quotas and shifting market demands, according to a report fro... (more story)

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

King & Spalding LLP picked up work on the two largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a busy period that saw 14 trades above $20 million become public, despite the observance... (more story)

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Guild Mortgage Unit Reaches Deal To End Data Breach Suit

A proposed class has decided to settle its data breach claims against mortgage lender and Guild Mortgage subsidiary Academy Mortgage Corp., according to a joint settlement notice filed in Utah federal court on Wednesday.

RealPage And Willow Bridge Face Class Claims After DOJ Deal

RealPage and Texas-based Willow Bridge Property Company have been hit with class claims alleging they violated Philadelphia's prohibition on the coordination of residential rents by collecting and using non-pu... (more story)

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Unstable Ex-Pfizer Office Spurs Evacuations In Manhattan

The reported instability of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's former New York City office headquarters, which is undergoing a conversion into residential units, led to the evacuations of multiple nearby buildings ... (more story)

CFPB Calls For Input On Mortgage Rule Changes To Cut Costs

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is kicking off a broad review of its mortgage disclosure rules that is aimed at identifying ways to ease compliance costs for lenders and expand credit access for borro... (more story)

NC Realty Co. And Mortgage Lender Must Face Kickback Suit

A realty company and a mortgage lender accused of running an unlawful kickback scheme couldn't secure a pretrial win after a North Carolina federal judge found a homebuyer alleged enough to confer standing und... (more story)

FTC Can't Get Zillow-Redfin Deal Held Illegal Before Trial

A Virginia federal judge refused in a bench ruling Wednesday to limit Zillow and Redfin's ability to defend a rental listings syndication deal the Federal Trade Commission says was a $100 million payoff for Re... (more story)

Judge Limits Wayne County Surplus Property Tax Settlements

Former property owners seeking surpluses from Wayne County tax foreclosure proceedings got a partial restriction of the county's settlement practices when a Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday that former own... (more story)