Real Estate Law

Law may force rent hikes – Zawya.com

Saudi real estate developers and economy experts fear the mortgage law will contribute to short-term hikes in rent rates thanks to expected increases in the prices of construction materials. Some developers said the mechanism to implement the law will …

Housing: Most won’t have to worry about ‘secret’ real estate tax – Arizona Daily Star

When the Supreme Court upheld the health- care reform law on federal tax grounds, it restoked a housing issue that had been relatively quiet for the past year: The alleged 3.8 percent “real estate tax” on home sales beginning in … Continue reading

Healthcare law’s surtax could affect a few home sellers in 2013 – Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court upheld the healthcare reform law on federal tax grounds, it re-stoked a housing issue that had been relatively quiet for the last year: The alleged 3.8% “real estate tax” on home sales beginning in … Continue reading

Real Estate Tax in the Health Care Bill – KFYR-TV

We`ve talked a lot about the President`s health care law and how it could affect North Dakotans when … Just hours before the historic legislation was passed back in 2010, a tax on real estate was added to the bill. … Continue reading

REAL ESTATE: Mortgage aid raises ‘legal’ and ‘constitutional’ questions – Riverside Press Enterprise

Sacramento and Washington D.C.-based lobbying groups in the mortgage, real estate and banking industries have turned … Robert Hockett, a financial and business law professor at Cornell Law School who was paid a “modest” fee to consult …

Real estate log: State attorney general focuses on homes – Fresno Bee

Strengthen law enforcement’s ability to investigate and prosecute crimes associated with foreclosed properties. Create a special grand jury to investigate real estate crimes. “This bill will give homeowners the opportunity to explore their …

Cindy Hipwell Selected For "2012 Sacramento Real Estate Agents" – YAHOO!

We have expertise in most areas of Real Estate from Distressed Property Sales … The Team consists of her Husband Bob, daughter Samantha and Son-in-law Shane. For more information on Cindy Hipwell, located in Sacramento,please call 916-797-1890 …

Lehman Unloads Uranium and Real Estate to Pay Creditors – Bloomberg

As of Dec. 31, Lehman had $7.7 billion of real estate on its books. One promising asset is Archstone … “In Lehman’s case, executives skated within the law.” To contact the reporter on this story: Linda Sandler in New York at lsandler … Continue reading

Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund II Acquires a 620,000 Square Foot Office Campus in Dallas – Marketwatch

Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund II … contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian provincial securities laws and applicable regulations and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbour …

US Medicare, Medicaid chief urges states to implement health law – Reuters UK

WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. government’s Medicare and Medicaid health programs urged Republican state governors to implement President Barack Obama’s healthcare law to extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans …