Leaving real estate to heirs through a will or a revocable trust has long been standard practice in estate planning. Many clients expect to pass along the home they have lived in for years...

Although the national leasing market generally stabilized in 2010, leasing has been hit by the economy like virtually every other area of real estate.

The New York Court of Appeals recently issued its decision in the case of Del Terzo v. 33 Fifth Avenue, which had been moving through the New York courts for four and half years.

Do you own a Shopping Center, Industrial Building, Parking Lot, unimproved parcel or any Commercial, Industrial, Institutional or Multi-Family Residential property in the City of Philadelphia?

The Superior Court recently weighed in with an interesting decision involving due diligence in the context of service by publication when potentially interested parties to a litigation cannot be located.

In previous blogs, we've touched on the concept of due diligence during a real estate transaction.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that unperformed obligations to more particularly describe easements in property conveyed by the debtor prepetition did not constitute "duties" remaining to be performed under a contract.

The panel will explore how municipal parking policy should balance the need for parking with the costs and consider the possible consequences of parking policy reforms.

One recent case, Stanley v. U.S. (W.D. Ark. 2015), demonstrates how work done as an employee can help qualify a taxpayer for the benefits of the real estate professional exception.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently rejected the city of Racine's property tax assessments in Regency West Apartments LLC v. City of Racine, 2016 WI 99...

The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Appellate District (Division One) has held that homeowners who accepted the benefit of a coastal development permit ("CDP") for seawall reconstruction to protect their bluff-top homes cannot subsequently challenge the terms upon which the CDP was conditioned, even though the homeowners complied with those conditions "under protest."

Under the State of Florida's Intangible Personal Property Tax, all Florida residents who own, manage or control non-exempt intangible assets as of January 1 of a calendar year will be subject to the Florida Intangible Tax for that year.

Real estate investments provide a unique opportunity in order to achieve wealth.

In furtherance of its ongoing efforts to promote energy efficiency, California has implemented a new requirement that owners or operators of non-residential buildings disclose a building’s past energy use data to prospective buyers, lessees or lenders of the building before the sale, lease, financing or refinancing of the property.

The Pennsylvania Legislature enacted extensive changes to Title 56 of the Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries Code affecting powers of attorney, effective as of January 1, 2015.

A Chapter 11 debtor sought to assume a lease that had been assigned to it.

A post-Great Recession treat, the North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed today a ruling that the Town of Black Mountain is entitled to enforce subdivision performance bonds originally in the name of Buncombe County.

For cities and counties across California, one of the most daunting tasks of 2012 has been starting the wind-down of redevelopment.

The investor advocacy group Ceres released a report in September 2012 that outlines concerns about the future cost and availability of property insurance, and the financial health of property and casualty insurance companies, due to worsening adverse weather conditions

As estate planning attorneys, it is imperative that we stay ahead of the legislative changes that can significantly impact our clients' strategies.