Hale & Hamlin, LLC has a long tradition of representing clients in all facets of real estate law. Our primary real estate services include:
Representing buyers and sellers of residential and commercial properties
Representing lenders in commercial and private transactions
Litigation concerning real estate issues
Boundary Line and other land ownership disputes
Landlord/Tenant: drafting leases and contested claims
Municipal real estate issues
Partition actions for real estate
Title Insurance procurement and policy claims
Drafting Deeds, Easements and other Real Estate documents
Projects involving land trusts
Division of real estate that are owned by multiple family members
Our experience representing sellers includes:
Preparing, negotiating or reviewing a purchase and sale agreement
Preparing deeds and other compulsory documents
Working with the other party’s lender or attorney to resolve any issues that may arise along the way, and
Representation at closing.
Our experience representing buyers includes:
Reviewing and negotiating the purchase and sale agreement
Performing a title search
Issuing title insurance policies required by lenders (and commonly requested by buyers)
Working with the lender and the other party’s attorney to resolve any title defects, and representation at closing.
Hale & Hamlin attorneys often represent lenders in residential and commercial transactions. We have many years of precedence drafting documents for these complex transactions, such as:
Purchase and Sale Agreements
Promissory notes
Loan agreements
Mortgage deeds
Security agreements
Guarantees, and
Any other document that may be required.
Hale & Hamlin is an approved agent for First American Title Insurance, which is the largest title insurer in Maine.
In addition to our traditional real estate practice, Hale & Hamlin's Land Use practice provides expertise to help you navigate complex State and local land use and environmental ordinances.