Worldwide: Real Estate

While Miami-Dade County development and South Florida's growing economy dominate headlines, just 40 minutes north lies another hotspot seeing a similar amount of success: Palm Beach County.

A bipartisan coalition of 26 state attorneys general has urged the FTC to establish federal rules requiring residential landlords to disclose all fees upfront in rental listings and advertisements. The letter supports creating a national baseline while preserving state authority to regulate landlord-tenant relationships, addressing what the states describe as deceptive "bait-and-switch" practices that harm renters and honest landlords alike.

Permission has been given to appeal to the United Kingdom's Upper Tribunal concerning two "Regulation 3" notices issued under the leaseholder-protections regime of the Building Safety Act 2022 (the "Act"). This follows a landmark First-Tier Tribunal decision that tackled key questions on jurisdictional scope, the "but-for" test for cost recovery, and the retrospective application of the regulations.

With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in 2025, achieving tax deferral through investments, in Qualified Opportunity Zones, has had a renewed interest.

Real estate is a critically important asset class to many family offices. Our global Real Estate Practice monitors market and regulatory developments in the real estate sector around the world to provide our clients...

In Prairie Street Capital, Inc. v. Afek et al., Prairie Street Capital, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) alleged that defendants breached Plaintiff’s contractual rights to exercise a right of first refusal option (the “ROFR Option”) upon the occurrence of a trigger event.

A significant number of changes brought about by the Renters' Rights Act 2025 (RRA) are coming into force on 1 May 2026, and the Government have now released

As we move through the first quarter of 2026, California’s new 5% retention cap on private construction contracts has officially taken effect. Effective as of January 1, 2026...

On March 19, 2026, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a final judgment setting aside and vacating FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Rule in its entirety, including the reporting obligations pursuant thereto. See Flowers Title Companies, LLC v. Bessent, et al., Case No. 6:25-cv-127-JDK (E.D. Tex. Mar. 19, 2026).