Real estate

As they struggle with an affordable housing crunch, policymakers are looking at targeting the empty homes of the wealthy.

As businesses downsize office space and renegotiate leases, they need to look at how they’re accounting for the leases under the new rules.

Proper, a San Francisco-based provider of automated accounting and bookkeeping services for real estate property managers, has scored $9 million in Series A funding from investors.

The so-called 1031 like-kind exchange rule was created a century ago to aid family farmers.

Accounting for real estate owners has become more difficult since the pandemic broke out last year as tenants stopped paying rent, rules changed for leases, and unused office space proliferated.

With the passage of so much tax legislation over the past several years, there is tremendous opportunity for savings and planning.

From legal considerations to tax implications, these entrepreneurs face some unique challenges.

New York authorities are seeking more records of Donald Trump's company’s communication with an engineer who helped appraise its property.

Nearly one-third of companies are reducing their overall real estate footprint as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 31 percent of companies renegotiating leases for more favorable terms, according to a new report.

When Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg’s son got married in 2004, the young couple got a generous wedding gift: use of an apartment, overlooking Central Park, rent-free.

The Top 100 Firm is working with the technology consulting company on better serving clients in the area.

In the first episode of the five-part documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.

This five-part series is a comprehensive effort to explain the racial discrimination Black Americans face in our financial system.

New York is investigating whether President Donald Trump’s company falsely reported the value of his assets to secure loans and get tax benefits as claimed last year by Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, who has fallen out with his ex-boss.

Joe Biden is threatening to eliminate a tax benefit worth billions of dollars to the real estate industry in an attack on President Donald Trump, a property developer who has boasted about using the tax code to his advantage.

Doing valuations of commercial real estate in the midst of the pandemic is complicated when professionals can't just hop on a plane.

The Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations last week on opportunity zone funds, but while they answer some of the questions, many other issues remain that are likely to prompt questions from tax clients.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding its presence in Houston with the M&A deal.

The new standard transforms the rules that govern accounting for nearly all types of leases, including real estate, vehicle and equipment.

Accountants can play a critical role in making the transition as smooth as possible — and minimize the auditing headaches that come with it.