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5 Ways Real Estate Attorneys Can Get More Business This Year

Attorney at Work

Brokers are the ideal referral partners for real estate attorneys. Real estate attorneys, brokers and title agents are emerging from a roller coaster period that saw home sales skyrocketing throughout 2020 and 2021 before a sharp decline in 2022. Now’s the time to nurture your relationships so you stay top of mind.

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Billionaire Tom Steyer’s Commercial Real Estate Lead Says ‘Watch Insurance Risk’

Insurance Journal

who now works for billionaire climate investor Tom Steyer, says commercial real estate deals will increasingly need to price in rising insurance costs, as hurricane seasons get more destructive … Joseph Sumberg, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

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Real Estate MGA Ventis Launches in Ireland

Insurance Journal

Ventis, the London-based commercial and residential real estate managing general agent, has expanded into Ireland, continuing its mission to deliver client service and capacity to brokers in the underserved middle of the property market. Ventis’ capacity will be distributed through …

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Landlords Face a $1.5 Trillion Commercial Real Estate Maturity Wall

Insurance Journal

Landlords for offices, apartment complexes and other commercial real estate have $1.5 trillion of debt due by the end of next year, and about a quarter of that borrowing could be hard to refinance, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

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Real Estate Firm’s D&O Not Available for Defense in RealPage Antitrust Lawsuit

Insurance Journal

A property management firm’s excess insurers are not obligated to defend it in multi-district price-fixing litigation involving use of the real estate software RealPage. A federal district judge in Massachusetts found that the terms of Windsor Property Management Co.’s ’s primary …

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4 signs of real estate fraud to look for before signing the deal

Newport Beach California Business Litigation Law B

Real estate fraud can be a costly and devastating experience, making it imperative to recognize the warning signs that may signal potential trouble. Unusual payment requests Another warning sign of real estate fraud involves unusual payment requests.

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Might the Realtor Ruling Affect Insurance Distribution?

Insurance Journal

The fairly recent ruling on how realtors are paid seems likely to dramatically alter real estate sales. I’m not in that business so I don’t know all the ins and outs, both the obvious and the not so obvious, unintentional …