Bill Reinhardt's Law Blog

Brownstones in Brooklyn are in demand, as buyers come out of economic hibernation.

Jon and Charlene Simonian wanted to buy an apartment. They weren’t particular about neighborhood, but the property had to come in below $1,000 a square foot.

A full-floor apartment at 944 Fifth Avenue has just gone on the market for $50 million.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week provided real estate brokers a lot of clarity about administrative fees charged by brokerages when it ruled in favor of Quicken Loans in a lawsuit over unearned fees in the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). At issue was whether fees the lender charged, known variously as a loan [...]

The most recent Gallup poll on perceptions of professional integrity shows 77 percent of consumers have either an average, high, or very high view of the honesty and integrity of real estate brokers and sales associates. Of that figure, the percentage that constitutes high or very high perceptions of integrity is 20 percent, suggesting the [...]

From NAR Legal Affairs: Resolving a circuit split in the manner urged by NAR, the Court rules that RESPA requires a fee split of a settlement-service fee for a §2607(b) violation. In a case involving mortgage lending but which has direct application to real estate brokerage, the Supreme Court of the United States has determined [...]