by Robert J. Smith | Jul 13, 2020 | Articles
Buying or selling in NYC or vicinity? Here’s what clients have been asking: #10: Should I lock in a mortgage rate? Maybe, but be careful. Transactions are moving even more slowly than usual due to COVID. If your rate lock expires before the parties are ready to...
by Robert J. Smith | Apr 5, 2019 | Articles
The NY State Legislature’s new Budget Bill has enacted a change to the Transfer Taxes paid by both sellers and purchasers on luxury residential transactions in any city in NY State with a population of over 1 million people (surprise, that means you, New York...
by Robert J. Smith | Jul 12, 2018 | Articles
I am honored to be a panelist at AmTrust Title’s New York City Real Estate Forum on July 24th. The program starts at 8:30 AM. My panel starts at 10:30. Come on down to the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue.
by Robert J. Smith | May 19, 2017 | Articles
I am happy to be featured, along with Kelly Cole of Corcoran Group Real Estate, as the real estate legal expert in Morgan Stanley’s Playbook: A Millennial’s Guide to Life & Money, empowering first-time homebuyers to make smart financial decisions as they navigate...
by Robert J. Smith | Jan 3, 2017 | Articles
You are looking to purchase an apartment and you see that the apartment number is something like “Unit 8AB”. Or, you learn through other means that the apartment was previously two apartments that had been combined into one. Your antennae should definitely go up, and...
by Robert J. Smith | May 5, 2016 | Articles
Great to see the revised standard form condominium Contract, along with the explanatory notes, which I worked on for over 3 years as part of the NY City Bar Coop and Condo Law Committee, published in the Spring 2016 N.Y. Real Property Law Journal. The Contract is more...
