Residential Real Estate

At Diserio Martin, our Real Estate Practice Group is experienced in assisting clients through their residential real estate transactions, including purchase, sale, financing, and leasing in both Connecticut and New York. Our attorneys counsel clients through all stages of a residential real estate transaction from the pre-contract and contract negotiation stage through the closing. We focus on guiding our clients through completing and submitting the requisite documentation while managing our client’s individual timelines and circumstances. Our attorneys regularly advise our clients through the many issues that are needed to align for a successful real estate transaction including financing, construction, zoning, environmental issues, land use, title issues and property line disputes among others.

When real estate disputes occur, our trial attorneys have experience in representing all key players—from developers and lenders, including title insurance companies, pension funds and servicers, to property owners, brokers and tenants. We understand strategies that work in claims concerning:

  • Lender liability

  • Property owner and occupier liability claims

  • Construction defect and warranty claims

  • Landlord/tenant claims

  • Foreclosure disputes

Representative Matters

  • High net worth individuals acquiring large single-family residential properties.

  • International Real Estate Company in the acquisition of commercial, residential and retail development.

  • Obtained judgment after trial including liquidated damages and attorney’s fees for seller after buyer defaulted under terms of Residential Real Estate Contract.

  • Obtained judgment after trial including liquidated damages and attorney’s fees for seller after buyer defaulted under terms of Residential Real Estate Contract.

  • Successfully defended a quiet title action and obtained judgment of reformation and declaratory judgment against Plaintiffs who brought action to invalidate a mortgage.