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
The Surprise Partner in Financing Your New Condominium Home: The Condominium Association
With the recent upswing in the housing market after enduring more than five years of the Great Recession, home buyers looking to buy a condominium have more than the size of their down payment and credit score to worry about. The condominium project and its...
This Land Is My Land; This Land Is Your Land; Who Gets the Land?
Recently, the Missouri Court of Appeals had to decide the rightful owner of a 292-square-foot piece of land, aptly described as a “triangular sliver of property.” This involves a legal claim of adverse possession. In an otherwise tranquil subdivision, an existing...
Appealing Real Property Taxes
2013 is a "Reassessment Year" for real property taxes in Missouri. Although a property owner's right to appeal an assessment is available in any year, such right is most often exercised only in "reassessment years." Unless special circumstances exist, the assessment...
A Primer on Damages to Real Property in Missouri
The general rule in Missouri for damages to real property is the “diminution in value” test, which is calculated by determining the difference between the fair market value before and after the event causing the damage. With respect to fraudulent misrepresentation...
