Executive Order Prompts Build-To-Rent 'Sigh Of Relief'
Build-to-rent's exclusion from a recent executive order targeting Wall Street's investment in the single-family market could add to its appeal for institutional investors, who were already flocking to build-to-rent, due to demand for affordable entry-level housing, its efficiency, scale and similarities to multifamily development.
Day Pitney's Real Estate Co-Chair Talks Boston CRE Market
More housing, including affordable and nonluxury units, and a cautious approach to tax policy can help Boston's commercial real estate market overcome the challenges it has faced in recent years, said the new co-chair of Day Pitney LLP's real estate practice.
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.
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP guided Blackstone through its $16.2B acquisition of AirTrunk and $4 billion acquisition of a grocery-focused real estate investment trust, cementing the firm's spot among the 202... (more story)
Delivering major litigation wins coast-to-coast while negotiating more than $2.5 billion in construction contracts, Greenberg Traurig LLP earned a selection as one of the 2025 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.
A mortgage origination unit of Apollo Global Management announced Wednesday it will sell a $9 billion loan portfolio to an affiliated insurance company after the real estate investment trust's stock consistent... (more story)
East Bay law firm Donahue Fitzgerald LLP said it has hired an Oakland, California-based Fennemore Craig PC attorney as a partner in its real estate group.
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Milbank LLP and King & Spalding LLP advised on a $185 million refinancing of 1375 Broadway in midtown Manhattan, according to records made public Wednesday.
Simon Property Group will spend more than $250 million to renovate three malls located in Tennessee, Colorado and Florida sometime later in 2026, the retail-focused real estate investment trust announced Wednesday.
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, McDermott Will & Schulte, Jeffrey Zwick & Associates PC and Romer Debbas LLP were among the law firms advising the biggest New York City real estate deals in deed filings... (more story)
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A clarification to Pennsylvania's charity exemption test by the state Supreme Court did not change the exempt status of properties owned by a group that offers low-income housing, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth... (more story)
With private lenders taking on a bigger role in real estate, they have become a target of fraudsters. Miami-based attorney Stephanie Hauser explained the strategies these scammers often pursue and steps lender... (more story)
With each side comparing the other to children, CoStar Group pushed back Wednesday against a new activist shareholder campaign from hedge fund Third Point that aims to force board of director changes and a res... (more story)
The Federal Trade Commission is defending its antitrust case challenging a partnership between Zillow Group Inc. and Redfin Corp., telling a Virginia federal court the pact is a clear agreement between the com... (more story)
The value of U.S. housing declined in January for the sixth straight month and lower mortgage rates led to an 8.4% year-over-year decrease in the costs of monthly mortgage payments, according to a report poste... (more story)
A property owner told North Carolina's top court that a real estate attorney can't skirt allegations he helped meddle in an ownership dispute over a parcel of land in Charlotte, saying her tort claims against ... (more story)
Keller Williams Realty has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve claims that it participated in a decades-long conspiracy to fix real estate broker commissions and inflate home prices, according to a proposed c... (more story)