In a real estate transaction involving the lease or sale of commercial property, a real estate broker…
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Lacking Contractual Provision, Landlord Loses Bid For Attorney Fees
Most commercial leases contain a provision allowing for the reimbursement of the landlord’s legal fees and costs…
Read MoreFederal Court: Lease Options Are To Be Strictly Exercised
Most commercial tenants who invest, at their cost, significant sums of money in improving their leased premises…
Read MoreNegligence Claim Precluded By Real Estate Service Contract
There are many service providers in the real estate industry, such as real estate agents, architects and…
Read MorePhiladelphia Court Refuses To Set Aside Sheriff’s Sale
With the real estate market crashing and the recession otherwise hitting people hard, more and more properties…
Read MoreGist Of The Action Doctrine Does Not Preclude Fraud In Inducement Claim
A recent decision handed down by the state Superior Court in Mirizio v. Joseph stresses the importance of placing the…
Read MoreJury Allowed To Consider Testimony On Oral Modification Of Lease
In most leases, the landlord and tenant are specifically prohibited from orally modifying the lease. The purpose…
Read MoreCourt: Landlord Is Not Responsible To Tenant For Fire Damage
A recent decision by a federal district court in Western Pennsylvania stressed how most tenants in multiunit buildings…
Read MoreCourt Refuses To Look Beyond Written Agreement Of Sale
In most situations, before real estate is transferred from the seller to the purchaser, the parties to…
Read MoreIs Changed Form Contract Signed A Binding Agreement Or Counteroffer?
Most residential real estate transactions in Pennsylvania are entered into by way of the form documents created…
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