Real Estate and Finance

Wayne G. Edwards, a partner with the Uniondale law firm Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC, and Eugene J. Martin, the firm’s senior counsel, represented affiliates of Ben Elias Industries Corp. in connection with the sale […]

The real estate market has cooled off, even for foreign investors. Levi Kushnir, the president of Stable Holdings, located in Valley Stream, attributed the dropoff of purchases from overseas buyers to the low number of […]

Suit is a result of a months long undercover investigation Twelve real estate companies and brokers refused to rent apartments to prospective tenants with government-issued housing vouchers, the national housing watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative […]

Striking a fair balance for New York landlords and tenants By Michael A. Ferruggia Over the past several years, New York landlords, developers, investors and lenders have been realizing the impact and market disruptions affected […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James recovered more than $422,000 for hundreds of tenants whose security deposits were illegally withheld by Fairfield Properties, one of the largest residential property owners on Long Island.  The Melville-based […]

Although mortgage rates have stayed below 7% for the past few months, some prospective homebuyers are still staying away from making that purchase as rates are starting to creep up again. On January 5, 2023, […]

Despite the steady decline in home prices over the past few months, there have been fewer buyers. For those who already own a home and were looking to move, many have changed their minds and […]

Buying a house “as is” might be a fast track to the dream of homeownership, but the unknowns that may come with it can become a nightmare. Levi Kushnir, president of Stable Holdings, based in […]

Government Agency Slightly Modifies Probability of Above-Average Hurricane Season from 65% to 60%   When hurricane season officially began on June 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center announced there would […]