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The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 8

Understanding Title Insurance for Distressed Properties

The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 7

Commercial Real Estate’s February Outlook: Lending Maturities, Multifamily Rent Prices, and the AI Boom

The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 6

Commercial Real Estate’s 2024 Outlook: Slow Economic Growth, Office Sector Gloom, Green Infrastructure

Commercial Real Estate’s Year in Review: Interest Rate Hikes, Office Sector Noise, and Proptech Promises

The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 5

Current Wire Fraud Schemes and Ways to Protect Your Business

The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 4

Lending Updates, Retail Realities, and How AI Regulations are Impacting CRE

Recession Speculations, Multifamily in Flux, and Landlords going Green

The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 3

CRE Investment Activity, a Hazy Office Forecast, and Promising Proptech Outlooks

The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 2

D.C.’s Class A Development Still Drives the Marketplace

Pricing Woes, a Hotel Wake-Up Call, and Opportunities in AI

The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 1

The Lending Landscape at Midyear, Retail Bright Spots and a Push Towards a Green, Clean CRE Market

Downturn Forecasting, Office Sector Turmoil, New Tech Developments

Title Camp 3 2023: What is Mechanic’s Lien Risk?

Title Camp 2 2023: What is Mezzanine Finance and Understanding the Appeal to Investors

Title Camp 1 2023: Reviewing ALTA Forms & Endorsements: The 2021 Changes

Distressed Property & Bankruptcy Affects Title Insurance Strategies

Advanced Commercial Real Estate Transactions: Insuring Leasehold Estates and More

Title Insurance and How It Originated

Exploration of Escrow & Settlement Statements in the Eastern U.S.

ALTA Surveys – the Purpose and A Few Secrets

Changes to the ALTA Owner’s & Loan Policy

Everyday Ethics and More Lessons for the Overworked Commercial Attorney

Remote Online Notarization and Remote Ink Notarization in New York State

Statute of Limitations and a Mortgagee in Possession

Recognizing and Preventing Workplace Burnout

Look odd? Think fraud.

When There's Millions At Stake, It's All Down To The Wire

NY Statute (2019) Prohibiting Lease Provisions Waiving the Right to Bring a Declaratory Judgment Actions Held Not Retroactive

Waiver Not a Consent to Further Expansion of Zoning Lots

The Second Coming of Suburbia: Reshaping Real Estate for the Next Generation

Your Guide to the 2021 Real Estate Law & Customs by State

Impact of the Pandemic in New York City

Debtor’s Rights of Redemption from a Mezzanine Loan UCC

NYC Local Laws For Pandemic Upheld

Lease Surrender’s Liquidated Damages Provision Held Unenforceable

New York Amends Laws Governing Powers of Attorney

Right of First Refusal Not Triggered by a Stock Sale

Tips to Maintaining a Healthy Work-life Balance While Working Remote

What can we expect in the Industrial Market?

Prohibition on Short Term Rentals Upheld

Gone Virtual

Why Emotional Intelligence is Important -      Especially Now

Riding the Wave of the Multifamily Market

Lost Note Affidavit Did not Establish Ownership of Note

Time of the Essence Closing Date Must be Specified

Contract of Sale Conditioned on Agreeing to Material Terms is Not Binding

Conveyance Need Not be Reindexed After Tax Lot Change

FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) Modifies GTOs for Reporting Cash Purchases

NYS Tax Department Provides Guidance on LLC Disclosure Rules - Update

New York Adopts Disclosure Requirements for Limited Liability Companies

Digital Disruption in Commercial Real Estate: How we Build

Failure to Disclose a Property Condition May State a Cause of Action for Fraud

UCC Sale in the Enforcement of a Mezzanine Loan May Not be Unwound

A Deficiency Judgment Cannot be Had When the Mortgagee Failed to Foreclose on Additional Parcel

A Combined Zoning Lot in NYC Cannot Include a Partial Tax Lot

Religious Corporations Not Authorized to Mortgage

No Common Law Easement for Light and Air in New York

Title Boot Camp 3 Replay - The Closing Process

First American Announces First Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call

Notice of Pendency Not Properly Filed by Adjoining Owners

Mortgage Foreclosures / Appointing an Administrator for a Deceased Mortgagor

Religious Status of Property Owner Considered

Fraud in the Inducement

Digital Disruption in Commercial Real Estate      How We Live: On the Road

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)

Digital Disruption in Commercial Real Estate      How We Live: At Home

As The Lava Flow Slows, What Happens to Hawaii’s New Land?

Not-for-Profit Corporation Can Sell only on Board or Member Approval

Secondary Access Over Adjoining Property Denied

Oral Contract to Extend Mortgage Not Enforceable

Mezzanine Loan Held Not to Clog Equity of Redemption

UCC-1 May Be Void if Trustee of Trust Owning Cooperative Unit Applied Loan Proceeds for Non-Trust Debts

Purchaser Held Not Entitled to Rely on Judgment Amount as Docketed

Parol Evidence To Be Applied to Determine Description of Mortgaged Property

Auction Sale Purchaser Held Responsible for Unpaid Maintenance

The New Economy and Commercial Real Estate: Short-Term Gains,  Long-Term Questions?

Damages Awarded Under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”) When Developer Destroyed Art on Building Walls

Deed-in-Lieu of Foreclosure Held an Equitable Mortgage Reversed on Appeal

Contract Held Not Illusory or Unenforceable

Easement Abandoned

Contract Vendee in New York has an Equitable Lien

1031 Exchanges and Mineral Rights

Application of Step-Transaction Doctrine to New York City Transfer Tax Upheld

Foreclosure of Common Charge Lien is Limited to Recovery of Unpaid Common Charges

Conveyance of Mineral Rights includes Rights to Sand and Gravel

City Can Assert Adverse Possession When it Collected Real Estate Taxes

Building May Be Constructed Above Party Wall to the Center Line of Party Wall

Dissolved Corporation’s Sale Does Not Require Shareholder Consent

FinCEN Extends Reporting Requirements for Entity Purchases of High-End Real Estate

Cancellation of Contract of Sale Due to Mold Not an Anticipatory Breach

Title to Rents In Borrower Notwithstanding Assignment of Rents

Survey Disclosing Fence Adjoining Land Does not Defeat Claim of Adverse Possession

Attorneys as Closing Agents in a 1031 Exchange

Deed Forged: Subsequent Deeds and Mortgages Set Aside

(White Paper) Acceleration: Forging the Future of Real Estate

FinCEN Reporting Requirements Extended

First American Financial Announces First Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call

Cybersecurity for Financial Service Companies in New York

Wraparound Mortgages Revisited

When is a Sale-Leaseback an Equitable Mortgage?

Mortgagee a Bona Fide Purchaser Not Subject to a Right of First Refusal Held by the Lessee of an Unrecorded Lease

Nonassignability Clauses in Commercial Leases: When is an assignment not an assignment?

Defaulted Note But No Foreclosure Permitted: A “Zombie Mortgage” in Wisconsin

Lender’s Waiver of Loan Defaults Does Not Require the Filing of a Building Loan Amendment

Rules Impact Mortgagees Foreclosing in the Town of Hempstead, Long Island, New York

Refinance and Modification Recordation Tax Exemptions on Commercial Property in DC

Pre-Workout Agreements Revisited – Are They Enforceable?

Industrial Development Agency Mortgages Newly Subject to Part of New York State’s  Mortgage Recording Tax

Testimonial : The Hanover Company

The EB-5 Program - Financing CRE

Get Your 2016 ALTA Endorsement Guide

A Brief History of Bankruptcy Law

Volatility Is More Than VIX!

Title Company Reporting Required by FinCEN Expanded

AVOIDING BOOT AT THE CLOSING OF A 1031 EXCHANGE

Why Using 2001 UCC Forms in New York is Not So Bad

Credit-Agreement Statutes: Are Equitable Defenses Permitted?

NYC and NYS Transfer Taxes Distinguished

Rules on Texas Mechanic’s and Materialman’s Liens

Title Insurance the Texas Way

Foreign Investments in U.S. Real Estate – Congress Extends the EB-5 Program*

(Webinar Replay)CMBS: Buyer Beware or Full Steam Ahead

A Tale of Two Cities: Investing in U.S. Commercial Real Estate

The Evolving Use of License Agreements in Real Estate-Related Transactions

To Insure a Data Center or Not??

Not-For-Profits and Real Property in New York

Deeds in Lieu: Subsequent Foreclosure of Mortgage

The Need For Correct Names on UCC Continuations

Title Company Reporting Required by FinCEN

Limited and Conditional Guaranties

Nothing Is Predictable – It’s an Election Year!

NCS Lecture Series: Strategies for 1031 Success Webinar - Replay

Options for Partners in a 1031 Exchange

Enforceability of Attorneys’ Fees Provisions in Nonrecourse Loans

Negative Pledges – Are They Insurable Interests in Real Estate?

Mortgage Recording Tax and Revolving Credit in New York

“GOOGLE”…… It's a verb and it is an excellent underwriting tool

Enforceability of Assignment-of-Rents Provisions

A Partnership for Sustainability

(White Paper) The Three Vs of Cross-Border Investment: Volume, Velocity and Variety

The Benefit of Buying Real Estate in Receivership

Transfer Taxes in New York State

A 1031 Exchange Transaction Should not be an Afterthought

New York Still Uses 2002 UCC Forms

What You Need To Know About DC's - Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act

5 Tips For A Smooth 1031 Exchange

Get Your ALTA Title Insurance Endorsement Guide Here

Congratulations to Mimi Fersch from NCS Pittsburgh

(White Paper) Disruptive Forces in Retail Real Estate

Amy Whitacre from NCS Cleveland is NAIOP's "Volunteer of the Year Award"

Get the Inside Scoop on the Trump Hotel Collection’s Newest Addition in D.C.

Underwriting Mechanics’ Lien Coverage in the New Economy

A Guide to Securing Surface Rights For Solar Energy Projects

Five Top Questions About Commercial Real Property Receiverships

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