Real Estate Law News and Insights

In a recent case, E. Fork Funding LLC v. U.S. Bank, Nat'l Ass'n, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has certified a novel question for the New York Court of Appeals ("NYCOA"): Whether Sections 4 and/or 8 of the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act ("FAPA") apply to a...

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Recently, Massachusetts revised its homestead law to increase the amount of protection for homeowners. There is still an automatic protection of $125,000 in Massachusetts without the need for filing a declaration of homestead with the Registry of Deeds. However, under the revised law, homeowners in the Commonwealth who file a...

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Beginning on January 1, 2025, amendments to the New York City Human Rights Law (HRL) will go into effect, making it unlawful for all New York City housing owners, lessors, managing agents, and others who have the right to sell, rent, or lease housing accommodations to: Refuse to rent, lease,...

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