Real Estate Law News and Insights

Real Estate Transfer Tax Liability Upon The Infusion Of New Equity

Published: Jul 13, 2023
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As the commercial real estate market continues to be strained by a combination of rising interest rates and a pending recession, causing a decline in commercial real estate valuations and a restricted lending market, the need for new equity to cover the "shortfall" in the capital stack of many real...

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New York Real Estate Transfer Tax

Published: Jul 10, 2023
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New York State imposes a transfer tax on conveyances for both commercial and residential real property located within the state. The current transfer tax rate for New York State is 0.4%. Additional transfer taxes may also be imposed depending on certain counties and municipalities within New York. Typically, transfer taxes...

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Should CFOs Keep Their Office Space?

Published: Jun 27, 2023
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Leaders across industries have gotten creative — sometimes forceful — in their initiatives to encourage their employees to return to the office. As work/life balance, productivity, and employee engagement have been at the forefront of labor conversations for executives, the approach to revamp the ways, times, and places work is done has become part...

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