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Commercial real estate law concerns buildings or land used in a business context. Residential real estate law concerns homes, property, or land used as a dwelling by private individuals. More on Real Estate >
Commercial real estate law concerns buildings or land used in a business context. You're involved in a commercial real estate transaction if you're renting space for your business, if you own space that you're leasing out to someone else, if you're buying or selling property that will be used by a business, or if you're leasing ground to a developer who will construct a building on it. Construction defect claims also fall within commercial real estate law.
Residential real estate law concerns homes, property, or land used as a dwelling by private individuals. For example, if you're a home buyer, an apartment tenant, a homeowner interested in remodeling, or someone in the midst of a neighbor dispute, you might want the services of a residential real estate lawyer.
