Real Estate Law
Real Estate Law
Real property or real estate practice encompasses everyday transactions: buying or selling homes, commercial or industrial sites and buildings, financing, whether through banks, other commercial lenders or seller take-back mortgages, zoning and subdivision regulations and title restrictions, and deed encumbrances and landlord-tenant matters.
While the foregoing list are types of matters our attorneys routinely handle, we also have substantial experience in representations including homeowners’ associations, condominium associations, developers, mortgage workouts, foreclosures, redevelopment projects, property line disputes, neighbor disputes and more.
More recently, we have also begun to assist in reinstating deeds of trust after foreclosures and returning legal title of houses to the homeowners. Whether the real property issue you face is in the future or something you are in the middle of, we can assist you by explaining your options, rights and obligations, and represent you in resolving your particular matter. Call us to see if we can help you.
We can assist you in most of your real estate matters, including:
- Condominium Associations
- Deed Restrictions
- Deeds of Trust
- Easements
- Financing
- Foreclosures
- Homeowners’ Associations
- Landlord/Tenant
- Leases
- “Like-Kind” Exchanges
- Mortgage Reinstatements
- Neighbor Disputes
- Property Line Disputes
- Purchases
- Redevelopments
- Rezonings
- Road Associations
- Sales
- Subdivisions
- Tax Credits
Real Estate Articles
Homeowner and Condominium Records: An Owner’s Rights to Review
Most active subdivision and condominium associations in Missouri are nonprofit corporations. Those associations are created and empowered, under their respective indentures and declarations, to enforce the covenants, terms and conditions applicable to their...
“Too Late,” Appeals Court Tells Condo Owners Association
The Missouri Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a condominium owners association against its former president on grounds that the claim was untimely and barred by the statute of limitations. Back in 2001, a former president informed the...
Home Sweet Home: Heritage Value Damages of $650,000 Affirmed in Condemnation Case
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an award of heritage value damages in a condemnation case is valid under the state constitution. The Court first examined Article I of the Missouri Constitution, which provides "that private property shall not be taken or...
Subdivision Can’t Have It Both Ways
A recent decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals addresses the tricky situation where a subdivision, unable to supply an amenity in sufficient quantity and quality to all of the lot owners, makes construction of new homes expressly conditioned on those lot owners...