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Relating to Real Estate | April 14, 2016

Rent Under a Residential Lease Is Only the Basic Payment

The Court of Appeals held in Lockett v. Blue Ocean Bristol, LLC, 446 Md. 397 (20...

Relating to Real Estate | April 14, 2016

Bankruptcy Filing Upheld Despite Lender's Failure to Consent As "Special Member" of the Debtor

On April 5, 2016, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinoi...

Relating to Real Estate | April 14, 2016

Homestead Tax Credit Applies When Home Is Razed and Rebuilt, but Assessment Increases

In State Department of Assessments and Taxation v. Andrecs, 444 Md. 585 (2015), ...

Relating to Real Estate | April 14, 2016

General Assembly Broadens and Clarifies Exemptions to Statute That Taxes Transfers of Controlling Interests

The Maryland General Assembly recently passed Senate Bill 597 and House Bill 122...

Relating to Real Estate | April 14, 2016

Lease Termination May Be Avoided in Bankruptcy

When a commercial tenant is failing, the tenant and its landlord may enter into ...

Relating to Real Estate | April 07, 2016

Bad Boy (Guaranties), What You Gonna Do?

THE IRS APPEARS TO CHANGE ESTABLISHED PRACTICE REGARDING ALLOCATION OF NONRECOUR...

Relating to Real Estate | March 13, 2016

When Is a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure Not a Deed?

A deed in lieu of foreclosure may be taken by a lender under a workout agreement...

Relating to Real Estate | March 13, 2016

Borrowers Were on Inquiry Notice of Fraud so Their Claims Were Stale

Suzanne Scales Windesheim, et al. v. Frank Larocca, et al., 443 Md. 312, 116 A.3...

Relating to Real Estate | March 13, 2016

I Don't Care How Long That Shed Has Been There!

In Montgomery County, MD v. Bhatt, No. 36, Sept. Term 2015 (Md.Ct.App. Jan. 22, ...

Relating to Real Estate | March 13, 2016

Rain Tax Is a Tax, but Synagogue Is Not Exempted from Paying It

Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue is one of Baltimore’s most recognizable and beloved rel...