Mortgages, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Market

Current Mortgage & PropTech M&A Trends

Mayer Brown on 8/7/2025

In this episode, our host Lauren Pryor is joined by Chris Gough and Michael Linger from Houlihan Lokey to discuss recent trends in Mortgage M&A, including consolidation among originators and servicers and developments in...more

Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (12/4/24) – Highest Rate of Office Conversions, Lending Caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 12/5/2024

In our latest roundup, infrastructure-related ballot initiatives, U.S. Green Building Council’s success stories, support for sustainable building, and more!...more

Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (8/14/24) – Commercial Real Estate AI, Hotel Pipeline Growth, and Housing Market...

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 8/15/2024

In our latest roundup, nonresidential spending drops, realtor payment structure changes, office vacancy rates soar, and more!...more

Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (7/31/24) – International Homebuying Shrinks Commercial Real Estate Focus on...

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 7/31/2024

In our latest roundup, mortgage rates drop to lowest levels since March, hotel construction activity highest since February 2023, Biden administration calls for legislation regarding property owners, and more!...more

Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (08/30/23) – AI Predicts Home Prices, Construction’s Effect on the Economy, and Could...

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 8/31/2023

In our latest roundup, SV invests in a new green “mega-city” outside San Francisco, refunds are given to investors in fraudulent real estate deal, homebuyers are losing purchasing power, and more!...more

Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (04/18/23) – Clean Energy, Critical Infrastructure and Commercial Concerns

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 4/19/2023

In today’s roundup, construction waxes and wanes, energy goals are set, and concerns abound for the commercial real estate market in the United States and Europe....more

Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up (03/08/23) – Updates on U.S. Mortgage Applications, the Inflation Reduction Act, and...

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 3/8/2023

This week’s round-up explores the cooling housing market and plummeting mortgage applications, potential tax-savings as a result of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and new developments in the multifamily sector....more

Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up (09/14/22) – Smart Contracts, Rising Mortgage Rates, and a Railroad Strike

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 9/15/2022

This week’s round-up examines rising mortgage rates and their effect on the housing market, the long-term impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on commercial real estate, a potential U.S. railroad strike, and more....more

Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up (07/13/22)

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 7/14/2022

The Biden administration will use infrastructure funds to upgrade 85 airports across the U.S., The Affordable New York tax provision expires, homebuyers in China refuse to pay mortgages, and more....more

Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up (07/06/22)

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 7/7/2022

The first real estate NFT minting, marketplace, and lending platform launches, New York office owners struggle under rising interest rates, an interactive Fortune map shows shifting U.S. housing inventory levels, and more....more

Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up (06/29/22)

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 6/30/2022

Housing market activity is on the downtick, the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment launches, the SEC proposes a climate rule that signals a new era for real estate, and more....more

Either An Investor or a Dealer Be – That is the Question

Rivkin Radler LLP on 6/15/2022

The Housing Market- During the first quarter of 2022, the housing market accounted for 16.7 percent of gross domestic product (“GDP”). This figure represents a return to historic norms following the substantial reduction...more

Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up 04/13/22

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 4/14/2022

Phishing schemes target the mortgage industry, housing prices rise in Europe as Ukrainian refugees flee from their home country, the SEC announces new climate change regulations that will impact commercial real estate, and...more

Poland: Private Rented Sector - Mobility and Flexibility

Miller Canfield on 7/14/2021

A new, interesting trend of institutional rental (PRS) has appeared on the Polish real estate market, taken from the most developed markets in Europe, such as Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. In Poland, we are...more

An Eventful Year: 2020 Homebuilding Industry Trends

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/3/2020

All sectors of the construction industry have faced unique challenges in 2020, but none has been more significantly impacted than homebuilding. Widespread protests in urban areas, historically cheap financing for...more

Local Land Use On Location

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/20/2019

Montgomery County, Maryland - Montgomery County has launched Thrive Montgomery 2050, an initiative to update the County’s General Plan for the first time since the 1960s. The County Planning Board seeks public input to...more

Groundbreaking News - Fall 2018

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 9/21/2018

Welcome to Pullman & Comley's Real Estate Newsletter, Groundbreaking News. Written by our team of attorneys, you'll find articles that highlight hot topics and developments spaning the fields of real estate, land use and...more

What's on the radar for real estate?

Hogan Lovells on 5/16/2018

In this short guide, we have highlighted some of the key legal changes that are on the real estate radar in a variety of international jurisdictions. ...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending November 3 & 10, 2017

Carlton Fields on 11/15/2017

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE FINANCIAL SERVICES UPDATE TITLE INSURANCE UPDATE - Misrepresentation: developer entitled to directed verdict on claims of fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation asserted by condominium association...more

West Coast Real Estate Update: March 2017

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/6/2017

Gov. Brown Opposes Measure S - In a statement published less than two weeks before Los Angeles' Consolidated Municipal and Special Elections to be held on March 7, 2017, California Gov. Jerry Brown came out in opposition...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

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending September 23 & 30, 2016

Carlton Fields on 10/3/2016

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Hearsay/Business Records: trial court abused its discretion by excluding the mortgage records, which included records from a prior servicer, where plaintiff’s witness demonstrated...more

New Law Affects FHA Requirements for Condominium Financing

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/9/2016

President Obama signed the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (H.R. 3700) into law on July 29. Title III of the Act will significantly modify Federal Housing Administration (FHA) condominium mortgage insurance...more

New Abu Dhabi Real Estate Law - Abu Dhabi Law No 3 of 2015 Concerning the Regulation of the Real Estate Sector in the Emirate of...

King & Spalding on 10/27/2015

The long-awaited real estate law aimed at regulating the real estate industry in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has been released amid much enthusiasm with industry participants hoping it will give impetus to the real estate...more

Title Insurance: When Does a Construction Lender “Create” or “Suffer” a Mechanics Lien?

Troutman Pepper on 8/26/2015

BB Syndication Services, Inc. v. First American Title Ins. Co., 785 F.3d 825 (7th Cir. 2015) – A construction lender sued a title insurance company seeking defense and indemnification in connection with claims in a...more

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