Law360 Real Estate Authority

You can now read all six parts of Law360 Real Estate Authority's investigative series "Wall Street's Single-Family Home Grab, Phoenix." Explore how 25 corporations came to own nearly 1 in 5 single-family rental homes and the impact on the Phoenix market. law360.com/real-estate-au…

As lawmakers look toward tackling the nation's housing affordability crisis, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, whose agency serves as a key conduit for federal efforts, touted efforts to cut costly regulations. law360.com/real-estate-au…

Experts spoke with Law360 #RealEstateAuthority recently about how the federal government's actions could stimulate — or frustrate — the production of housing as affordability remains a concern across the country. law360.com/real-estate-au…

The need for affordable housing has spread far and wide across the country, including in rural counties and midsize towns, but community resistance and inexperience within local governments can create hurdles to development, attorneys say. law360.com/real-estate-au…

Florida has seen recent rapid growth, especially at the wealthier end of the spectrum, spawning affordability challenges for many residents. The dichotomy has been particularly evident in housing, but this is also an area where the state is making strides. law360.com/real-estate-au…

Alternative housing models — including accessory dwelling units, single-room occupancy dwellings and manufactured housing — could take a bite out of the housing affordability crisis. But first, states must overcome barriers erected by local governments. law360.com/real-estate-au…

Shares of X-Energy, a developer of nuclear reactors and fuel technology, began trading Friday after the company raised $1 billion in an upsized initial public offering advised by Latham & Watkins LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP. law360.com/real-estate-au…

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced construction code reforms that she said could create up to 35,000 new housing units on small lots across the city, along with a new panel of experts to advise the council on housing affordability. law360.com/real-estate-au…

Hawaii Brewery Development, a water bottling company and brewery, ended up in small business bankruptcy proceedings after a power struggle with a creditor that was seeking to gain control of a company that Hawaii Brewery was trying to evict from its land. law360.com/real-estate-au…

Federal officials are urging a judge to reject a bid from New Jersey and one of its municipalities to block work on a planned immigration detention center, arguing the plaintiffs lacked standing and relied on "highly speculative and unrealistic" harms. law360.com/real-estate-au…

In a call with analysts to discuss the company's first-quarter results, executives at Blackstone Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate owner, said artificial intelligence is becoming a bigger driver of growth in real estate. law360.com/real-estate-au…

Real estate investment trust Prologis dove deeper into the digital infrastructure industry in the first quarter of 2026, deploying more capital into data centers than logistics properties, its historical focus, according to executives. law360.com/real-estate-au…

The Illinois General Assembly has approved a bill amended to provide more tax incentives for the site of a proposed stadium for the Chicago Bears, who are also considering a stadium offer from neighboring Indiana. law360.com/real-estate-au…

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said that bank loans to private equity, private credit and other nonbanks reached $1.4 trillion last year, identifying it as the fastest-growing category of lending for banks since the 2008 financial crisis. law360.com/real-estate-au…

A court-ordered plan to crack down on nudity at a Seattle public beach is causing confusion, according to advocates, with private security guards wrongfully targeting topless beachgoers despite police and park rangers greenlighting bare chests. law360.com/real-estate-au…

An NYC-backed program to offer property and liability insurance to affordable housing operators is a promising approach to reducing costs for landlords who don't have the flexibility of market-rate operators to increase rents, but details remain scant. law360.com/real-estate-au…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has moved to curtail enforcement of a decades-old federal fair lending statute, finalizing a rule that consumer advocates are condemning as an evisceration of antidiscrimination oversight. law360.com/real-estate-au…

Private equity firms are looking to invest in joint ventures with real estate investment trusts in order to put some of their vast sum of insurance capital to work. law360.com/real-estate-au…

The Miami Association of Realtors announced plans to merge with the Broward, Palm Beach & St. Lucie Realtors, noting that the move would create the largest local Realtor association in the world. law360.com/real-estate-au…

Real estate investment trusts raised approximately $10 billion via capital offerings in the first quarter of 2026, a slight decline from the prior year, even as mergers and acquisitions activity sped up, per a report from Nareit. law360.com/real-estate-au…

The competition for hard hat workers and specialized equipment for data centers is fiercer than ever, drawing resources away from other sectors and creating challenges for industrial developers, according to a Duane Morris construction attorney. law360.com/real-estate-au…