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The Inside Look with Xander Snyder - Episode 1

By First American NCS on July 17, 2023
Welcome to 'The Inside Look,' where our Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist Xander Snyder shares his thoughts on construction financing and other economic indicators. Watch this video. Subscribe to the CRE Insider blog for more insightful videos like ...
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Topics: Commercial Real Estate Commercial Lender Mortgage Lending real estate investor banks construction

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

By Dan Lopez on May 25, 2023
A mechanic’s lien is a legal right or claim against the property, filed, and held by a lienholder, without the necessity of filing a lawsuit and obtaining a judgment. Mechanics’ liens filed against real estate are customarily filed by a contractor, ...
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Topics: Commercial Real Estate CRE trends real estate investor mechanic lien

Everyday Ethics and More Lessons for the Overworked Commercial Attorney

By Spencer Compton on April 6, 2022
Ethics are an important component of our everyday lives, especially in business and in commercial real estate transactions. Ethics are the moral principles that guide a person’s behavior, or a code of moral principles practiced by a group of people, such ...
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Topics: Commercial Real Estate Commercial Title Insurance Webinar ethics

Look odd? Think fraud.

By First American on December 6, 2021
Preventing wire fraud is an orchestrated effort. At the end of yet another unprecedented year of change and evolution, the commercial real estate industry continues to thrive. But with so many transactions closing – particularly as we look toward the end ...
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Topics: Commercial Real Estate Title Insurance wire fraud

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

By Mike Berey on August 21, 2019
The Plaintiff sought a ruling that the sale of equity interests in eleven commercial properties, which interests were pledged as collateral for a mezzanine loan, was commercially unreasonable because the auction sale was not conducted in a commercially ...
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Topics: Commercial Real Estate UCC mezzanine loan

Notice of Pendency Not Properly Filed by Adjoining Owners

By Mike Berey on February 27, 2019
The Supreme Court, Suffolk County, granted the application the Petitioner had submitted to the Town of East Hampton’s Zoning Board for approval of a subdivision map and directed the Zoning Board to grant final approval. Intervenors opposed the ...
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Topics: Commercial Real Estate

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