Small businesses facing maturity of commercial mortgages or balloon payments before Dec. 31, 2012, may be able to refinance their mortgage debt with a 504 loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration under a new, temporary program announced on February …
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Celebrity foreclosures, more good news in commercial real estate, Nevada HOA reform, and more in today’s real estate headlines:Nevada lawmakers are working on several bills to reform homeowners’ associations in the state, after fielding several complaints by residents who say …
Bestselling author Michael Lewis and hedge fund manager Steven Eisman have been sued by a New Jersey asset manager for defamation over Lewis’s book on the mortgage crisis, according to a post from the Wall Street Journal’s Chad Bray (via …
Saturday morning I turned on my phone and began my day the way I do almost every day: I checked my Twitter feed (yes, I’m one of those people). Being a real estate attorney who follows a lot of real …
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My Firm’s popular INCubation Briefing program series returns on March 10, 2011 with a program called “Risky Business: Effective Risk Management for Your Small Business.” I’ll be giving my “Why the Heck Do You Need a Business Attorney” presentation, and I …
Here’s what’s hot in this weekend’s real estate news:A Los Angeles County, California man who ran a real estate scheme that defrauded homeowners out of more than $140,000 was sentenced Friday to 20 years and four months in prison (via …
Last week I wrote about a pending law change in Minnesota that, if approved, would remove a significant hurdle to Surly Brewing Company’s proposed $20 million expansion plan. In the past week, as the proposal has moved forward in the …
Surly Legislation Picks Up Steam, and the MLBA is Steamed About It Read more »
Today’s top real estate stories do not disappoint:It may be the end of the line for one of the President Barack Obama’s key anti-foreclosure programs: the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) (via Politico.com): http://politi.co/gKeSlsBank of America is being sued by …
Mortgage foreclosures dominate today’s real estate headlines, including some good news from the commercial market:Foreclosures Create Ripple Effect in Neighborhoods (via FoxNews.com): http://fxn.ws/go9CJgU.S. regulators’ efforts to settle with banks over improper mortgage foreclosures are being hampered by disagreements among the …
Lots of good real estate headlines today; here’s a sampling:Investors continue to eye home foreclosure sales, but postponements or cancelled auctions and disagreements over a fair price are making it difficult to close deals, they say (via REALTORMag): http://bit.ly/g6bF6aAn appellate …