Perkins Coie's Real Estate Finance attorneys represent lenders and borrowers in public and private financings ranging from single-asset financings to large multistate transactions.
Publications
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03.31.2023More Than a Mansion Tax: L.A.’s Measure ULA Will Address the City’s Housing CrisisUpdatesLos Angeles’ United to House LA Measure, enacted by city voters in November 2022, implements a significant new transfer tax on high-value real estate transfers or sales throughout the city of Los Angeles.
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09.12.2019San Francisco Sellers: COPA Now in EffectUpdatesThe San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development released its much-awaited Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) Program Rules on Monday, September 3, 2019. (The mayor signed COPA on May 3, 2019. More information about the legislation can be found in our previous update.)
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07.17.2017Double Trouble—Is Black Sky Capital Blue Skies for Lenders?UpdatesAn annoying question for lenders is whether or not a lender can enforce two loans to the same borrower and secured by the same property.
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03.17.2016Issues Unique to Restaurant Leasing: If You Can't Take the (Legal) Heat, Stay Out of the KitchenArticles
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02.10.2015Supreme Court of Washington Clarifies Guarantor Liability for Deficiency JudgmentsUpdatesThe Supreme Court of Washington has upheld a lender’s right to pursue a deficiency judgment against a guarantor following a nonjudicial foreclosure of collateral under Washington’s Deed of Trust Act.
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09.29.2011EB-5 Investments: The New "Old" Alternative Finance ToolUpdatesIs it the result of turbulent economic times, tighter bank financing, or the globalization of the private finance and investment world? We cannot say for sure what is fueling the interest, but an increasing number of our clients are asking about, exploring or already gaining the benefits of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program.
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08.16.2010The Financial Reform Act: New Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion Will Require Government Agencies to Focus on DiversityUpdatesOn June 30, 2010, the House of Representatives approved the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the Financial Reform Act, a comprehensive and expansive set of financial reforms widely thought to be the toughest changes to financial regulation in the United States since the Great Depression.