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What is a Rent-Ready Credit in Multifamily Real Estate?

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A rent-ready credit is a legal provision commonly included in a multifamily real estate purchase agreement that allows a buyer to recover turnover costs at closing. The credit is used to cover the costs needed to make vacant...more

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New D.C. Law on Pet Fees & Policies – What to Know for October

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The newly enacted Pets in Housing Amendment Act of 2024 D.C. law will impose significant new limits on pet-related fees and restrictions for rental housing providers. For leases starting on or after October 1, 2025: You may...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

What We’re Watching: Peebles, et al. v. JRK Property Holdings, Inc.

What We’re Watching:  Peebles, et al. v. JRK Property Holdings, Inc. Massachusetts SJC hears arguments on what is “Reasonable Wear and Tear” under the Security Deposit Statute - On April 7, 2025, the Supreme Judicial Court...more

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SB 1103: What California Landlords and Tenants Need to Know

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Senate Bill 1103, which took effect on January 1, 2025, amends sections 827, 1632, 1946.1, and 1950.9 of the California Civil Code. This legislation grants new lease protections to “qualified commercial tenants.”...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York State Amends 2024 Bed Bug Disclosure Law

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New York’s bed bug disclosure law, Real Property Law § 235-j, has been amended to provide landlords and lessors additional time to comply with the law’s disclosure requirements and to limit the tenants and lessees entitled to...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Chicago’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Ordinance Takes Effect on Northwest Side

The city of Chicago’s recently established Tenant Opportunity to Purchase (“TOP”) program for rental buildings on the city’s northwest side is now being enforced as of March 1, 2025, by the Department of Housing. The program...more

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Recent Changes to Illinois Real Estate Law Affecting Landlords, Tenants in 2025

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2025 brought over 300 changes to the laws of the State of Illinois. Some of these new laws impact the relationship between landlords and tenants and also impose further restrictions on condominium associations. At the start...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Landlord’s Acceptance of Rent After Notice to Terminate Expires Dooms California Unlawful Detainer Claim

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After serving a 30-day notice to terminate a commercial lease and filing an unlawful detainer case, a landlord continued to bill a tenant for rent and common area maintenance (CAM) fees, and unconditionally accepted rent...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Lease Guarantees: What Landlords Should Know When Negotiating

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While landlords prefer tenants with the strongest financial positions to sign leases, they may sometimes accept a “shell” entity — created solely to operate the business at the leased premises — provided that an upper-tier...more

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New Jersey Expands Real Property Owners' Flood Notification Obligations

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law the Flood Risk Notification Law (P.L. 2023, c.93) on July 3, 2023, amending the Truth-in-Renting Act (P.L. 2001, c.313) and supplementing the Consumer Fraud Act (P.L. 1960, c.39),...more

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Hong Kong Budget 2024-25: Key Highlights Of Property Measures

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Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan delivered the 2024-2025 Budget on 28 February 2024. This Legal Update highlights a few aspects relevant to the real estate industry....more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter - November 2022, Volume I, Issue XV

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CASES OF NOTE - LANDLORD UNABLE TO EVICT DESPITE TENANT DEFAULTS - Varano v. PDJM Land Trust LLC, et al. No. 1884CV02662, (Mass. Super. Ct. June 16, 2022) The Massachusetts Superior Court held that a commercial landlord...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

ABCD ... ROFR and SLL June 2022 - The Strengths of Rights of First Refusal

On March 30, 2022, the New York State Supreme Court, New York County (the “Court”) decided in Times Square JV LLC v. Walber Broadway LLC that a ground lease-tenant that is in default under the ground lease for failure to pay...more

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DC Lawmakers Choose Shorter TOPA Tolling Period

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On January 18, 2022, an amendment to Bill 24-612 (legislation that would extend the eviction moratorium in DC until June 30, 2022) (the "Amendment") was introduced to the DC Council that proposed tolling tenant deadlines...more

Sands Anderson PC

Reasons Why a Real Estate Transaction with a Local Government May Take So Long

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When an Industrial Development Authority, sometimes called an Economic Development Authority (IDA/EDA), purchases or sells real property, the transactions look much like any transaction with any other entity landowner....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] Deal Academy 2020 | Immobilien Deals in Krisenzeiten - October 28th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am CET

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Wir laden Sie auch in diesem Jahr wieder herzlich zu unserer McDermott Deal Academy ein – 2020 als interaktives Online-Seminar. Mit unseren Experten aus den Bereichen Real Estate, Regulatory und Restructuring wollen wir...more

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[Webinar] Deal Academy 2020 | Real Estate Deals in Times of Crisis - October 28th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am CET

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We cordially invite you to our McDermott Deal Academy again this year - in 2020 as an interactive online seminar. We want to discuss current developments in real estate transactions and their structuring with our experts from...more

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Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter - July 2020, Volume I, Issue I

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Trends in Real Estate Litigation - Commercial Landlords and Tenants Take Their COVID-Related Lease Disputes to Court - The slow-burning standoffs between commercial landlords and tenants in the COVID-19 pandemic are...more

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Tactics to Avoid Unanticipated Post-Closing Leasing Costs

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Potential buyers and lenders evaluate existing leases of stabilized properties and anticipated lease income of value-add projects in determining which assets to acquire or finance. Rental income, whether existing or...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

In Key TOPA Case, D.C. Court Says Reallocation of Existing Owners’ Interests Is Not a “Sale”

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The District of Columbia Court of Appeals recently determined, in Williams v. Kennedy, that a conveyance of ownership interests in a rental property does not constitute a sale under D.C.’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act...more

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