Real Estate Law
When property decisions arise, having trusted legal guidance is essential. Whether you’re buying or selling property, navigating a lease, or facing disputes involving fraud, misrepresentation, or breach of contract, we provide practical legal guidance to protect your interests and keep transactions on track.
At Hovssepian Law, we represent a wide and diverse range of real estate professionals. Our clients include owners, developers, brokers, agents, escrow officers, landlords, and tenants involved in commercial, residential, and industrial matters. From entity formation and contract negotiation to risk management and dispute resolution, we provide practical, results-focused solutions designed to help you close deals, protect profits, avoid common pitfalls, and efficiently resolve conflicts.
We help real estate professionals (commercial, residential, and industrial agents) successfully close difficult transactions and prevent or resolve litigation involving their sellers, buyers, lenders, or borrowers. Realtors who are worried that their client or themselves may face a lawsuit, including actions by the California Department of Real Estate, can benefit from a consultation with one of our attorneys. We provide dependable guidance on contract formation, conditions, covenants, provisions, mediation, conflict resolution, and a broad range of real estate matters.
Breach of Contracts
When a dispute arises between a buyer and seller after the sale or purchase of residential real estate, buyers may bring breach of contract claims against the seller. Similar issues can occur when a transaction fails. For example, if the seller refuses to close escrow and the buyer seeks to enforce the contract or recover damages or when a buyer declines to complete the sale after contingencies have been removed.
Our firm offers practical guidance to help clients prevent these disputes and, if a breach of contract claim does arise, to pursue or defend the claim effectively depending on whether the client is the buyer or the seller. We also counsel clients on strategies to minimize the risk of such claims and to achieve the best possible outcome while keeping costs as low as reasonably possible.
Fraud and Misrepresentation
Buyers and sellers of real estate often find themselves parties to claims in which either the buyer or seller has asserted claims for fraud or misrepresentation against the other. These claims frequently arise where, for example, a buyer claims that a seller failed to disclose material aspects of a home’s condition. Our firm is experienced in both prosecuting such claims on behalf of buyers, and defending such claims on behalf of sellers.
We are able to identify pitfalls in asserting such claims, or, if a claim has been asserted against a seller, identify potential defenses against such claims. We can also provide sound, practical advice regarding the nature of damages that can be expected in these types of disputes. One area in which our firm is especially useful is in reducing the likelihood of, or enhancing the probability of succeeding in, these disputes before an escrow has closed. We can advise both buyers and sellers on the best ways to avoid such claims, minimize any exposure, or, if necessary, assert such claims.
Leases: Residential and Commercial
The firm handles lease preparation from start to finish for landlords and tenants alike — whether a sole proprietor or a large corporation, and whether the space is a few hundred square feet or a major commercial property. Effective lease drafting and negotiation require a clear understanding of the client’s objectives to foster a productive landlord–tenant relationship.
Even the most carefully drafted lease can lead to disputes. We assess each client’s goals and map a thorough strategy to achieve them. Our experience covers commercial disputes and enforcement matters, including exclusive-use clauses, unlawful detainer actions, property management and tenant improvement issues, assignments and subleases, pass-through and Common Area Maintenance (CAM) provisions, recapture clauses, brokerage agreements, and other lease-related conflicts.
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