Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Under a lease-purchase arrangement, the property seller also acts as the landlord. Gaps in State Laws Leave Lease-Purchase Borrowers in Limbo An estimated 6% of home borrowers in the United States have used lease-purchases, but state laws dont treat such arrangements uniformly.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2021

Rentals listed on Zillow will now show whether or not they lie in a jurisdiction with local laws protecting renters from discrimination based on the use of Housing Choice Vouchers. The app also lists any local laws protecting renters who use veteran’s benefits or Social Security insurance payments to pay their rent.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law that bars “housing discrimination, including discrimination through public or private land use practices, decisions, or authorizations, based on specified personal characteristics, including source of income.” In 2019, California Gov. ”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

accusing them of violating antitrust laws. By outsourcing the management of rental pricing to RENTmaximiser, Yardi’s rent-setting tool, property management companies failed in complying with the antitrust laws, according to the lawsuit.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Campbell’s office claims that EasyKnock “engaged in an unfair and deceptive equity-skimming scheme that involved purchasing the homes of cash-strapped consumers at bargain-basement prices and then renting them back to the consumers, at times for unfair rents,” in violation of the state’s consumer protection law.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

What is one of the largest fines you think a housing provider—like landlords, condo HOAs/boards, and state and local housing authority offices—has had to pay due to turning away emotional support and service animals? But like other areas of law, a lack of mens rea should determine how corrections are made in unfair housing situations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

As detailed in HouseATL’s recent Saporta Report article , Georgia has a dire shortage of safe, decent, affordable housing and very weak tenant protection laws. HB 404 will: Require that landlords ensure that residential rental property is “fit for human habitation.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said they are watching to ensure mortgage servicers fully comply with federal laws. The agencies also sent a letter to landlords and housing providers.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Biden’s new plan would cap annual rent hikes at 5% for two years for landlords who manage 50 or more rental units, which the administration said would cover 20 million units, or roughly half of all rental units in the country. Landlords who break the cap would be denied federal tax benefits. Government watchdog Accountable.US

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

One thing possibly preventing Bough from taking the second option is a specific Missouri state law , which allows for a seller or landlord to “agree that a designated broker may share with another designated broker the compensation paid by the seller or landlord.” It is implied in RESPA as well,” Trepeta said.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Lambropoulos is a distinguished litigator with extensive expertise in commercial and residential foreclosure practice, title litigation, landlord/tenant disputes, real estate transactions, sale and asset purchase transactions, condominium and homeowner’s association issues, and bankruptcy practice. “I

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2022

When landlords break the law and refuse to accept vouchers, it’s reminiscent of Jim Crow-era housing discrimination policies intended to restrain opportunities for Black residents,” Racine said in a statement. We’re sending a message to all landlords: If you follow this playbook, you will face consequences.”.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

Late last year, the company also ran afoul of regulators in Massachusetts, with the state attorney general’s office alleging that EasyKnock violated consumer protection laws and landlord-tenant laws.

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BiggerPockets

MAY 5, 2023

Landlord-tenant laws can be complicated and have a lot of grey areas. This article lists out 10 critical laws you must know before renting out property.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) community development organization also supports ADU renovations through its Landlord Repair Fund, helping to bring non-compliant ADUs up to code and ensure safety for residents. These apartments provide affordable housing options in high-density areas where space is limited.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

Campbell’s office claimed that EasyKnock “engaged in an unfair and deceptive equity-skimming scheme that involved purchasing the homes of cash-strapped consumers at bargain-basement prices and then renting them back to the consumers, at times for unfair rents,” in violation of the state’s consumer protection law.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This groundbreaking state-specific law mandates that landlords who own or operate such properties offer their tenants the option to have their rental payments reported to credit bureaus. California’s SB 1157 has made a significant impact on the lives of tenants in subsidized housing developments.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Consumer credit reports are used by financial institutions, employers and landlords to decide whether to extend credit, housing or employment to a consumer. Rather than treating its customers fairly and following the law, TD Bank’s management clearly cared more about growth and expanding its empire through mergers.

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Inman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A lawsuit filed by a renter in Seattle accuses the property management software firm and major landlords of violating antitrust statutes through a product used to set rent rates.

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BiggerPockets

JULY 12, 2024

New laws in California, New York, and elsewhere could eliminate the former red flags that landlords may have used to disqualify potential renters.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 3, 2024

Disrespectful landlords, fear of eviction and discrimination, maintenance woes—these are just a few problems American renters report, according to a survey by LendingTree. The majority of renters, 58%, say they have had at least one landlord they did not like. Click here to see LendingTree’s full survey on landlord satisfaction.

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Mashvisor

JUNE 25, 2024

Florida landlord-tenant laws are put in place to protect the rights of both tenants and landlords in the state. Read on if you’re investing in FL. In this blog, we…

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Inman

AUGUST 23, 2024

"Americans should not have to pay more in rent because a company has found a new way to scheme with landlords to break the law," Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

Reform zoning laws. Here again, the decentralized network of municipal law has handicapped the industry’s ability to respond to the pressing need for more affordable housing. We have seen lenders and borrowers, landlords and tenants, and trade associations and regulators working together to preserve the market ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

TransUnion “failed to take steps to ensure the rental background checks that landlords use to decide who gets housing were accurate,” and “withheld, from renters, the names of third parties that were providing the inaccurate information,” the agencies said in a joint statement, leading to an initial $15 million settlement.

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BiggerPockets

JANUARY 24, 2022

There are a number of federal laws that help to protect tenants' rights, and it can sometimes seem that tenants have more rights than landlords. When it comes to renting a property, things can get confusing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

population — or over 44 million households — live in rental housing, but there are no comprehensive federal laws to protect renters. The rent is too … high, and landlords, many who receive federal financing and subsidies, made record-setting profits in the past two years. According to the White House, roughly 35% of the U.S.

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Inman

APRIL 4, 2023

Here are some common scenarios to watch for as a landlord or a real estate investor. A signed lease is a binding legal agreement that can’t be broken — except in the few exceptions when it can.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision Michael Barr said that the CRA rules were put in place in 1977 as part of a series of laws written in a way that permits bank agencies to meet periodically to revise them, as happened in 1995.

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BiggerPockets

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Proposition 33—a measure on this year’s California election ballot that would increase rent control laws by limiting the amount landlords can charge for rent, regardless of an apartment’s rental history, […]

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

Concepts like getting a mortgage, taking out a line of credit, buying and selling a property and becoming a landlord are rarely part of classroom discussions or dinner-table conversations, unless your family happens to be in real estate. To expand the pipeline that leads people of color into real estate, an entire culture needs to change.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There are concerns, however, that the rising interest rates will lead to many homeownership dreams deferred, Justin Barry, partner at law firm Morris, Manning & Martin, noted. Their landlords are calling them saying, ‘I’m jacking your $2,500 rent up to $3,000.’ in February 2022. Rents are more expensive.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

The underlying framework of American property laws is feudalism – hierarchies, stagnating mobility, debts, and landlords, all observing real estate as the ultimate power. Today’s income and property distributions echo in that pit.

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BiggerPockets

MARCH 4, 2021

Here's what emotional support animal laws say you can and can't enforce when it comes to your pet policy. Tenants may come to you and tell you they have an emotional support animal. It could be as normal as a dog—or as strange as a peacock.

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The Robert Weiler Company

JANUARY 7, 2021

However, not every prospective tenant fits the type of tenant the landlord is looking for, such as business standing, financial situation, etc. Lessees don’t always realize that some office space lease terms are negotiable; landlords and lease brokers often want to keep it that way. As such, there is a lot of competition.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

These losses – both insured and uninsured – have traditionally been borne by homeowners, renters, landlords, builders, and property & casualty insurance companies.

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Mashvisor

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Being a landlord is a considerable responsibility, and on the whole, most of your tenants will be law-abiding and considerate ones. However, very occasionally, you may find yourself with a…

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