Real Estate Law
We provide experienced, detail-oriented representation to commercial and residential owners, purchasers, sellers, and developers of real estate in Vermont. We advise clients concerning title insurance requirements and coverage issues. Our real estate lawyers are licensed title insurance agents and issue title insurance commitments and owner and loan policies of title insurance with policy endorsements required in both residential and sophisticated commercial real estate transactions. Our services include:
- Title examination
- Title certification and insurance
- Conveyancing of fee title, leases, life estates, and other interests
- Purchase and sale agreements
- Condominium development and representation of owners’ associations
- Conservation easements and charitable giving
- Corporate, trust, and other certifications of record
- Permits, including appeals, under state and local subdivision and land use regulations, such as Act 250
- Communications leases
- Property tax appeals and abatement, including representation of 501(c)(3)-eligible organizations
- Property transfer tax, land gains tax, and non-resident withholding tax
- Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges
- Settlement of non-RESPA transactions
- Representation of landlords in disputes and evictions
- Legal actions to clear title
- Partition actions and alternatives
- Probate and ancillary probate estates
- Title insurance claims
- Foreclosure of commercial and residential mortgages
- Post-foreclosure dispositions of REO property
64 North Main St., Rutland, VT 05701(802) 775-7141