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Loan Docs To Failed Condo Project Are Against Married Couple

With every successful real estate development project, there are many more that do not go according to plan.

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Restrictive Covenant Contained In Lease Is Enforced

Landlord Incentives in Retail Leasing There are many incentives that a commercial landlord may provide to convince a potential retail tenant to lease...

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Tax Incentives

Tax Incentives For Property Owners To Improve Their Properties

If you are contemplating developing vacant land or rehabilitating an existing building structure located in the city of Philadelphia, there are a...

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Priority Lien Interest

Judicial Sale Doesn’t Stifle Mortgage’s Priority Lien Interest

What almost happened in In re Estate of Landis, 2014 Pa. Super. LEXIS 9 (Jan. 15, 2014), before the Pennsylvania Superior Court intervened is a...

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Real Estate Transactions

Court Untangles Real Estate Transaction That Goes Awry

Unlike many other states, in Pennsylvania, there is no formal process in place for an attorney to review an agreement of sale in a real estate...

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Judgments Against Spouses

Court Won’t Consolidate Separate Judgments Against Spouses

In Pennsylvania and with most states, assets owned by married couples have their own recognized form of ownership; namely, tenancy by the entireties.

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Real Estate Tax

Charitable Exemption For Real Estate Taxes May Change

Recent bills sponsored by some members of Philadelphia City Council will send a chill down the spine of many charitable organizations that own real...

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Relaxes Foreclosure Standards

In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has issued an opinion that will make it easier for banks to foreclose on delinquent...

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Tax Sale

Commonwealth Court Strikes A Tax Sale In Philadelphia

In yet another blow to the city of Philadelphia’s attempt to collect upon its substantial real estate tax delinquencies, the Commonwealth Court in...

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Confessed Judgment

Trial Court Refuses To Strike Or Open Confessed Judgment

One of the most oppressive tools available to commercial landlords and lenders alike is what is called a warrant of attorney. Most loan and lease...

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