The short answer is, it depends. There are times that texting can be legally binding, and times that it cannot. Is There Already a Lease Agreement in Place? One of...
A stringent 3 percent rent control measure has passed in St. Paul, Minn., and Minneapolis voters also approved rent control in concept, according to reports. Voters approved St. Paul’s measure...
The group argued before the Eighth Circuit that a city ordinance runs afoul of a recent Supreme Court decision. Minneapolis landlords sought to take advantage of a June Supreme Court...
The nationwide foreclosure moratorium officially expired at the end of July, and while many borrowers are still eligible for mortgage forbearance — an option to pause mortgage payments due to financial hardship...
A program to guarantee legal representation for low-income tenants in eviction court will pilot this winter with an expected $1 million worth of funding. Driving the news: The Philadelphia City...
FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson also announced expansions to the eligibility requirements for refinance programs geared toward low-income borrowers Desktop appraisals, a temporary flexibility implemented in March 2020 to keep...
Real estate agents might want to be more careful about when they hit that ‘send’ button, as whatever they say in an email could be legally binding, according to a...
As the summer’s seasonal rental population begins winding down along the coast, the eyes of local landlords and tenants turn to longer lease terms and the benefits that come with...
Contrary to the narrative you often hear from our local elected officials, landlords empathize with tenants who are in bad situations. This is most true when landlords receive knowledge that...
We get regular questions for landlords and attorneys and this question comes from a concerned tenant who says the upstairs tenant fired a gun and the bullet came through the...
