Chicago Transfer Tax
The City of Chicago is trying to expand the scope of its real estate transfer tax to to be paid even when the buyer forfeits …
The personal side of Doug Cornelius
The City of Chicago is trying to expand the scope of its real estate transfer tax to to be paid even when the buyer forfeits …
According to Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns Cos. sold the first commercial mortgage backed security of the year: Morgan Stanley Sells First Commercial Mortgage …
As Davenport and Prusak state in Working Knowledge: “People rarely give away valuable possessions, including knowledge, without expecting something in return.” First generation knowledge systems …
The Massachusetts Appeals Court issued its decision in Patriot Resorts Corp v. Register of Deeds for Berkshire North (No. 06-P-725) [Social Law Library Membership Required]. …
Teri G. Rasmussen of the Ohio Practical Business Law Counsel has a great post on Why Every Client Should Want an Attorney Who Blawgs. Teri …
Teri G. Rasmussen of the Ohio Practical Business Law Counsel has a great post on Why Every Client Should Want an Attorney Who Blawgs. Teri …
The Chain of Fools is the title of The Economist‘s Economics Focus column. The article points to the increasing evidence that securitization lead to lax …
Arleen Jacobius of PIonline.com reports on institutional investors entering into joint ventures with REITs to as an alternative to direct real estate investments: Joint Ventures …
According to the Wall Street Journal, Harry Macklowe is still battling his lenders and his lenders are battling each other over his New York skyscrapers: …
I admit that my first exposure to real estate was building houses out of Lego bricks. Today, January 28, 2008, is the 50th anniversary of …
The American Land Title Association (ALTA), recently approved three new form closing protection letters. These new forms took effect on January 1, 2008. Closing Protection …
From Bruce McKenna at the Canadian Commercial Real Estate Law Blog, is this piece on the increase Toronto’s Land Transfer Tax. Here is a copy …
The editors of Law Practice magazine from the ABA posed a scenario of a law firm contemplating the purchase of a client relationship management system. …
Below is my material from Real Estate Development From Beginning to End in Massachusetts. The document is hosted on a site called Docstoc.
We are revamping some aspects of the real estate group’s training program. We are using the concept of a college catalog, with numbered designations for …
After this latest snowstorm in Boston, I had to drag some fallen limbs into my compost pit. I thought this would be a good time …
With the fall-out of the sub-prime loans, there is continuing good news in the commercial markets. London has surpassed Hong Kong to hold the position …