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Owners Survey, about 70% of U.S. households own pets, up from 67% in the 2019-20 survey. As pet ownership increases, apartment dwellers may face the challenges of finding pet-friendly housing. Apartment leases often come...more
In the real estate field, surprises are less welcome. Owners expect tenants to pay their rent and follow lease requirements, and tenants expect owners to maintain rental units and common areas and to provide the agreed...more
The King’s speech announced a new Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill ‘to reform the housing market by making it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to purchase their freehold and tackling the exploitation of millions of...more
Idaho’s Supreme Court recently issued a new opinion discussing the requirements to form a valid lease agreement. Unfortunately, the case raises as many questions as it answers....more
What is the allocation of responsibility for damage and defects after the expiry of a tenancy - The dispute in So Hon Ming Francis v Cheung Lau Shau Chun and Another ([2021] HKDC 1494, DCCJ 367/2019, 29 November 2021)...more
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Aug. 25, 2021, upheld the City of Los Angeles' current residential eviction moratorium – first enacted by the City Council in 2020 as an emergency...more
It will not have escaped the attention of anyone in the real estate industry that today is the March quarter day. For many landlords and occupiers, the immediate focus will be on rent payments due today and the media are...more
Die Möglichkeit zur vorzeitigen Kündigung von langfristigen Mietverträgen bei Verstößen gegen die gesetzliche Schriftform schafft seit vielen Jahren erhebliche Rechtsunsicherheiten und Unfrieden für Immobilieninvestoren,...more
Many tenants move in August, so now is the perfect opportunity to refresh your memory on the rights and obligations of the parties involved (both the lessor and the lessee). ...more
The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 (the Act) came into force on 20 March 2019 (the Enforcement Date) and amends the existing legislation contained within sections 8 and 10 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985...more
A management company’s refusal of consent to keep a pet in a flat gives us an opportunity for bad puns and gives landlords ‘paws’ for thought. After Mr and Mrs Kuehn bought a leasehold flat in East London, only one thing...more
Lending you a cup of sugar, offering to watch the kids, or grilling out on a summer afternoon— whatever the activity, our neighbors are a key part of what makes our communities familiar and unique. Neighbors help make a...more