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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

Bipartisan Housing Reform Advances in the Senate

Mayer Brown on 8/4/2025

Last week, the Senate Banking Committee unanimously passed the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025. The legislation, designed to address affordability concerns and supply shortages in the housing market, is the first bipartisan...more

10 Things a Real Estate Investor Should Know About the Big Beautiful Bill

Gould + Ratner LLP on 7/11/2025

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was passed into law and introduced many changes to the tax code and federal spending priorities. The OBBBA has wide-ranging implications for the real estate market. Here...more

Philadelphia Increases Realty Transfer Tax Rate to 3.578% Starting July 1, 2025

Saul Ewing LLP on 6/24/2025

Effective July 1, 2025, the realty transfer tax rate for properties or acquired real estate companies sold in the City and County of Philadelphia will increase to 3.578%, in addition to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania realty...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Wednesday January 15, 2025

Paul Hastings LLP on 1/15/2025

January 14, 2025- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Martin Gruenberg gave a speech entitled “Three Financial Crises and Lessons for the Future,” at the Brookings Institution....more

West Coast Real Estate Update: October 2016 #1

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/10/2016

California Coastal Act Blocks Housing Project in Venice Despite Earlier Approvals - Judge James C. Chalfant of the California Court of Appeal on Sept. 29, 2016, affirmed a lower court ruling denying a developer’s petition...more

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