Real Estate & Property Law

LANDLORD TENANT
I post today for all you Landlords out there. I encourage all of you to contact a lawyer and make sure when you have a new tenant that you follow the procedures under Michigan's Deposit Recovery Act...

Tenancy Deposit Protection test case
I have been contacted by a London tenant who is bringing a claim against his former landlords and their agents under the tenancy deposit protection legislation. He is looking for a local firm of solicitors to assist him with his claim (preferably on a pro bono or ?no win no fee? basis), which he hopes will be a ?test case?...

Foreclosure Not A Basis For Tenant Evictions In San Francisco
In California, a story in San Francisco Bay Guardian serves as a reminder that, within the city of San Francisco, it's illegal for a bank or broker or anyone else to evict a tenant just because the ownership of a building changed hands, including an ownership change due to foreclosure...

Equitable Mortgage Defense Invoked In Lease-Purchase Agreement; Judge Denies Tenant Eviction, Says Foreclosure Is Required To Boot Tenant

Oregon Court of Appeals finds landlord not liable for assault by tenant
Last week in Miller v. Tabor West Investment Co., LLC et al., the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a landlord is not liable under a theory of negligence for an off-premises assault committed by one tenant upon another tenant...

Fourth District: Search and Seizure
Is a police officer who wishes to search a shared residence constitutionally required to secure consent from a physically absent, but nearby, tenant after that officer has already obtained a valid consent from a co-tenant who is on the premises? No, said the Fourth District in this case...

Landlord Entry Right and Tenant Privacy
When can a landlord enter a rented dwelling

Landlord Tenant Laws and Provisions
State and City Laws Related to Residential House and Apartment Leases