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  • September 22, 2025

    2 Firms Advise Compass' $1.6B Buy Of Broker Anywhere

    Real estate broker Compass said Monday that it has struck a deal to acquire rival broker Anywhere Real Estate for $1.6 billion, in a transaction advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.

  • September 22, 2025

    2 Firms Guide $142M Financing For Bronx Apartment Complex

    A New York City housing nonprofit acquired a cluster of apartment buildings in the Bronx where formerly homeless families live, a complex it plans to renovate with the help of a $142 million capital stack, guided by Richter Restrepo PLLC and Blank Rome LLP.

  • September 19, 2025

    Justices Asked To Review Optional NAR Rule In Zillow Case

    A defunct brokerage platform is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case accusing Zillow and聽the聽National Association of Realtors of stamping out competition by using聽the聽trade association's optional rule to relegate outside home listings to a secondary tab on Zillow's site.

  • September 19, 2025

    JLL Lines Up $54M Brooklyn Development Site Sale

    JLL Capital Markets has secured the $54.3 million sale of a 289,957-square-foot Brooklyn development site that's been approved to be the location of a 10-story, 355-unit apartment building.

  • September 19, 2025

    Chinese Citizens Sue Texas Over Real Estate Ownership Ban

    Three citizens of the People's Republic of China claimed in Texas federal court that a recently passed law prohibiting people from certain countries deemed hostile to the U.S. from buying land in the state is unconstitutional.

  • September 19, 2025

    Dwight Nets Capital For $1B In Multifamily Construction Loans

    Dwight Securities Management LLC has obtained enough capital to originate up to $1 billion worth of construction loans that use U.S. multifamily properties as collateral, the company announced Friday.

  • September 19, 2025

    Ex-Construction Co. General Counsel Joins Bilzin Sumberg

    Miami-based Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP announced that the former general counsel of contractor Coastal Construction has joined the firm as a partner.

  • September 19, 2025

    Blackstone Names Real Estate Leader After NYC Shooting

    Blackstone said聽Sept. 19 that it has appointed a new leader for its real estate business following the death of an executive during a mass shooting at a Midtown Manhattan office building in July.

  • September 19, 2025

    Fired Public Housing CEO Sues NC City, Alleging Racial Bias

    The former CEO of a North Carolina city's public housing authority has hit the city and authority board with a race discrimination and breach of contract suit, alleging in North Carolina federal court that the defendants violated her work contract because she's an African American woman.

  • September 18, 2025

    Fire Risk Modelers See Promise In Advancing Calif. Bill

    A recently approved California bill supporting the development of a public fire risk model could help boost transparency around methods insurers use to make coverage decisions, while advancing a complicated field of study full of uncertainties, experts say.

  • September 18, 2025

    Homeowner Policies At Center Of Ga. Insurance Changes

    As the Georgia House of Representatives continues to study the state's insurance rate-setting practices, profit margins and claims processing, insurance attorneys in the state evaluate the areas in which homeowners should be watching closely, including cosmetic exclusion triggers, third-party adjusters and the changes to come under April's tort reform legislation.

  • September 18, 2025

    Microsoft Whistleblower Suit Can Proceed, Judge Says

    A former Microsoft worker can keep pursuing his federal whistleblower claim in his suit accusing the company of firing him for flagging compliance issues and misconduct, a Texas federal court ruled in its order determining the employee's alleged failure to utilize administrative proceedings does not bar him from bringing the claims.

  • September 18, 2025

    Feds Launch 'First Wave' Of Housing Fraud Cases In Minn.

    Eight Minnesota residents ran separate wire fraud schemes that involved taking advantage of the state's Housing Stability Services Program in order to steal millions of dollars, federal prosecutors alleged on September 18 in聽what they described as the "first wave" of such cases.

  • September 18, 2025

    Fla. Resi Developer Taps New GC

    Greenpointe Holdings has selected Maryann Farhat to step in as the Florida developer's general counsel, noting that she will provide legal oversight and strategic guidance across the company's real estate development operations.

  • September 18, 2025

    2 Firms Guide Kennedy Wilson's $347M Apt. Platform Buy

    Real聽estate Investment company Kennedy Wilson announced Thursday that it will buy Toll Brothers Inc.'s multifamily development platform, significantly expanding Kennedy Wilson's presence along the East Coast and in Texas, in a $347 million deal guided by Latham & Watkins LLP and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

  • September 18, 2025

    Fox Rothschild Hires Rosenberg Atty As Real Estate Partner

    Fox Rothschild LLP has hired a former Rosenberg & Estis PC counsel as its new real estate department partner in its New York City office, the firm announced.

  • September 18, 2025

    Trump Asks High Court To Let Him Remove Fed's Cook

    President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow him to move forward with firing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, escalating a fight over presidential removal power that will test the boundaries of the central bank's traditional independence.

  • September 17, 2025

    Real Estate Pros React To Federal Interest Rate Cut

    The Federal Reserve's long-awaited announcement Wednesday that it is cutting its benchmark interest rate by 0.25% drew measured reactions from real estate attorneys and professionals, who said the move definitely provides reason for optimism but had already largely been factored into markets and does not represent the major step some sought.

  • September 17, 2025

    9th Circ. Judge Hints At Upholding Seattle Housing Ordinance

    A Ninth Circuit judge suggested on Wednesday that a waiver provision written into a Seattle affordable housing policy is enough to "save" the ordinance from a homeowner's constitutional claim that it kept her from realizing her property's full value by adding townhomes. 聽

  • September 17, 2025

    4 Firms Guide $220M Financing Deal For Miami Resi Project

    North Development has obtained $220 million worth of commercial property assessed clean energy and mortgage construction financing for its 35-story, 579-unit Miami residential project, in a deal advised by Goodkind & Florio PA, Rosenberg & Estis PC, Reed Smith LLP and Shutts & Bowen LLP, the developer said on Wednesday.

  • September 17, 2025

    Security Holdings Nabs $400M Seattle Apartment Portfolio

    Holland & Knight LLP-advised Security Properties acquired a Seattle portfolio of multifamily properties from Washington Holdings, in a $400.8 million deal, one of the largest multifamily transactions in the area this year, the buyer announced on Wednesday.

  • September 17, 2025

    REIT Attys Say New Guidelines Improve On 'Patchwork'

    State securities regulators at their annual confab in Arizona this month approved changes to their guidance for states reviewing securities issued by public nonlisted real estate investment trusts. Attorneys advising REITs said a uniform standard is better than the current system, even if REITs would prefer no concentration limits.

  • September 17, 2025

    NC Loan Servicer Can't Escape Default Warning Letter Suit

    Housing loan servicer Selene Finance LP must face most of a putative class action accusing it of sending false and deceptive notices regarding loan defaults, with a North Carolina court finding that the plaintiffs have shown various elements of deception.

  • September 17, 2025

    NRP Group Joins Japanese Co. On $133M Las Vegas Build

    Multifamily developer NRP Group on Wednesday announced the financial closing and groundbreaking of a $133 million, 390-unit project in Las Vegas that the company is developing in partnership with an affiliate of Japan's largest condominium builder.

  • September 17, 2025

    Judge Won't Let Denver Slip Suit Over Bans On Gas Appliances

    A Colorado federal judge partially granted environmentalist group Sierra Club's bid to dismiss a suit filed by a coalition of industry trade groups suing Denver over the city's restrictions on certain natural gas appliances.

Expert Analysis

  • In The sa国际传媒 Playbook: No Lazy, Hazy Days Of Summer

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is headed for a brisk fall season, on the heels of a heated summer, which included the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that the sa国际传媒 funding structure is constitutional, and in advance of the November election, says Eamonn Moran at Holland & Knight.

  • Basel Endgame Rules: A Change Is Coming

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    The Federal Reserve Board's recently announced recalibration of the Basel endgame proposal begins a critical chapter in the evolution of not only the safety and soundness of U.S. banks, but also of banks' abilities to lend and support American businesses and consumers, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • Reassessing Lease Provisions To Account For ESG Initiatives

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    As companies seek to build ESG considerations into their businesses, it's crucial to understand how such initiatives can quickly become significant enough to compel reassessment of lease agreement provisions, and how best to modify leases accordingly, say Julian Freeman and Gabe Pitassi at Cox Castle.

  • Avoid Getting Burned By Agencies' Solar Financing Spotlight

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    Recently coordinated reports and advisories from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission maximize the spotlight on the consumer solar financing market and highlight pitfalls for lenders to avoid in this burgeoning field, says Mercedes Tunstall at Cadwalader.

  • Assessing Algorithmic Versus Generative AI Pricing Tools

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    A comparison of traditional algorithmic pricing models and those powered by generative artificial intelligence can help regulators and practitioners weigh the pros and cons of relying on large language models to price products or services, say Maxime Cohen at McGill University, and Tim Spittle and Jimmy Royer at Analysis Group.

  • Navigating A Potpourri Of Possible Transparency Act Pitfalls

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    Despite the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's continued release of guidance for complying with the Corporate Transparency Act, its interpretation remains in flux, making it important for companies to understand potentially problematic areas of ambiguity in the practical application of the law, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • DOJ Must Overcome Hurdles In RealPage Antitrust Case

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's recent claims that RealPage's pricing software violates the Sherman Act mark a creative, and apparently contradictory, shift in the agency's approach to algorithmic price-fixing that will face several key challenges, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.

  • What To Know About sa国际传媒 Stance On Confidentiality Terms

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    A recent circular from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau represents a growing effort across government agencies to address overbroad confidentiality agreements, and gives employers insight into the bureau's perspective on the issue as it relates to the Consumer Financial Protection Act, say Holly Williamson and Elizabeth King at Hunton.

  • What's Next For Federal Preemption In Financial Services

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    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's review of its preemption interpretations and growing pressure from state regulators signal potential changes ahead for preemption in U.S. financial services, and the path forward will likely involve a reevaluation of the entire framework, say attorneys at Clark Hill.

  • Increased Scrutiny Raises Int'l Real Estate Transaction Risks

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    Recently proposed regulations expanding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' oversight, a White House divestment order and state-level legislative efforts signal increasing scrutiny of real estate transactions that may trigger national security concerns, say Luciano Racco and Aleksis Fern谩ndez Caballero at Foley Hoag.

  • Financial Incentives May Alleviate Affordable Housing Crisis

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    There is a wide array of financial incentives and assistance that the government can provide to both real estate developers and individuals to chip away at the housing affordability problem from multiple angles, say Eric DeBear and Madeline Williams at Cozen.

  • Portland's Gross Receipts Tax Oversteps City's Authority

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    Recent measures by Portland, Oregon, that expand the voter-approved scope of the Clean Energy Surcharge on certain retail sales eviscerate the common meaning of the word "retail" and exceed the city's chartered authority to levy tax, say Nikki Dobay at Greenberg Traurig and Jeff Newgard at Peak Policy.

  • The Bank Preemption Ripple Effects After Cantero, Flagstar

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    The importance of federal preemption for financial institutions will only increase as technology-driven innovations evolve, which is why the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Cantero v. Bank of America and vacatur of Kivett v. Flagstar Bank have real modern-day significance for national banks, say attorneys at WilmerHale.