Blog posts in tag Iowa real estate

The Disappearing Right of First Refusal and Potentially Other Property Interests

Posted on 01/09/2018 at 02:37 PM by Benjamin Bruner

Categories: Ben Bruner, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: estate lawyer, estate planning, estate planning attorney, Iowa Court of Appeals decision, Iowa real estate, Iowa real estate law, Litigation-Real Estate - Des Moines Iowa, probate, probate lawyer, property attorney, property owner's rights, real estate attorney near me, real estate lawyer, real estate lawyer near me

The Disappearing Right of First Refusal and Potentially Other Property Interests

Iowa Court of Appeals Rules That Rights of First Refusal In Real Estate (And Potentially Other Property Rights) May Be U...

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A Cautionary Tale to Banks: Avoiding a Civil Conspiracy During a Nonjudicial Voluntary Foreclosure

Posted on 12/06/2017 at 10:01 AM by William Reasoner

Categories: Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Litigation & Trial Law, Real Estate & Land Use, William Reasoner

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A Cautionary Tale to Banks: Avoiding a Civil Conspiracy During a Nonjudicial Voluntary Foreclosure

In an interesting case decided last November, the Iowa Court of Appeals held that transactions which occurred after a ju...

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A couple of commas just changed Iowa’s mechanics’ lien law

Posted on 04/18/2017 at 11:28 AM by John Lande

Categories: Banking Law, Construction Law, John Lande, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: bank deposits, banks, construction, contractors, estate planning, estate planning attorney, general contractors, internet banking, Iowa banking law, Iowa banking law attorney, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa mechanics' liens, Iowa real estate, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Iowa real estate law, Iowa Secretary of State, legal advice, mechanics' liens, online banking, property attorney, property law, real estate attorney, real estate attorney near me, real estate law, subcontractors

A couple of commas just changed Iowa’s mechanics’ lien law

On April 7, 2017, the governor signed significant legislation affecting contractors who may want to file a mechanics&rsq...

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Buyers' beware: The doctrine of merger and non-mandatory disclosures

Posted on 04/10/2017 at 12:45 PM by William Serangeli

Categories: Bill Serangeli, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: Dickerson v Morse, Doctrine of Merger, estate planning, estate planning attorney, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa real estate, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Iowa real estate law, Iowa Supreme Court, Lovlie v Plumb, Payton v Digiacomo, Phelan v Peeters, probate lawyer, property law, purchase agreement, real estate, real estate attorney, real estate attorney near me, real estate lawyer near me, residential construction, residential real estate, residential real estate contracts

Buyers' beware: The doctrine of merger and non-mandatory disclosures

Despite growing criticisms that Offers to Buy or Purchase Agreements (“Offers”) are becoming too long and co...

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Is earnest money really important?

Posted on 03/28/2017 at 12:21 PM by William Serangeli

Categories: Bill Serangeli, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: estate lawyer, estate planning, estate planning attorney, Iowa real estate, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Iowa real estate law, Iowa Supreme Court, Kirsterin Development v Garanson Investment, property attorney, property law, purchase agreement, real estate, real estate attorney, real estate attorney near me, real estate law, real estate lawyer, real estate lawyer near me, Union Story Trust and Savings Bank v Sayer

Is earnest money really important?

In today’s world of interstate transactions, real estate professionals are often put in the situation of submittin...

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Iowa Court of Appeals word of caution: Subrogation is not for the negligent

Posted on 11/28/2016 at 08:37 AM by Laura Wasson

Categories: Laura Wasson, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: Home Loans, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa real estate, mortgage, Nationstar Mortgage v Bowman, subrogation

Iowa Court of Appeals word of caution: Subrogation is not for the negligent

Subrogation can be a handy tool for mortgagees finding themselves on lowest rung of the priority ladder. In Iowa, equita...

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District Court must address whether contract merged into deed

Posted on 11/02/2016 at 08:15 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa real estate, Krummen v Winger, purchase agreement, real estate contract, real estate deed

District Court must address whether contract merged into deed

In general, a contract to convey land merges into the deed that is executed in order to convey the land, and the deed th...

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No guardian ad litem is required for in rem proceedings

Posted on 11/02/2016 at 07:21 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Litigation & Trial Law, Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: guardian, guardian ad litem, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa real estate, Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure

No guardian ad litem is required for in rem proceedings

The City of Des Moines, after several inspections, brought an action to condemn a house and declare it a public nuisance...

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Can you afford to have cyber insurance coverage?

Posted on 09/01/2016 at 11:01 AM by John Lande

Categories: Banking Law, Cybersecurity Law, John Lande, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: cyber attack, cyber defense, cyber insurance, cyber insurance coverage, cyber theft, fraudulent wire transfers, Iowa banking, Iowa cybersecurity law, Iowa real estate

Can you afford to have cyber insurance coverage?

This blog has been following a number of lawsuits between insurance companies and their insureds over who is responsible...

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Defendants: Make sure you raise and prove your affirmative defenses

Posted on 07/01/2016 at 07:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Commercial Litigation, Litigation & Trial Law, Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: breach of contract, farm ownership, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals decision, Iowa real estate, leasing farmland

Defendants: Make sure you raise and prove your affirmative defenses

In an opinion issued on June 29, 2016, the Iowa Court of Appeals emphasized that a defendant must both plead and prove a...

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