Insights

On January 12, 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published the Consumer Price Index for December 2021, which increased 7.0% from December 2020. This is great news for landlords who use a CPI index clause that adjusts rent to correspond with changes to inflation, as opposed to a flat percentage…

Uncertain times lead to unanticipated concerns, and we grapple for clarity where none seems to exist. The most obvious question on many agents’ (and clients’) minds is whether the “Force Majeure” provision of the FAR/BAR contract allows a party to cancel. In a word, no, at least not initially. Section…

Once upon a time, a young fresh family bought a fine old home in a fine old subdivision dotted with a veritable forest of fine old shade trees and lakes, not to mention neighbors of a similarly fine old stature. One day, the young fresh family brought home a frisky…