With six lawyers focused on commercial and residential real estate, Ragsdale Liggett’s Real Estate Practice Group is one of the largest in Wake County. Our lawyers are specially equipped to give sound legal and business advice with respect to the complete range of commercial real estate transactions.
We are approved attorneys for all major real estate title insurance companies in North Carolina, as well as the state’s major financial institutions. Ragsdale Liggett represents real estate developers, lenders and title companies, and our practice focuses on closing real estate transactions, forming corporate entities for ownership of real estate, and representing various lenders and developers. William A. Mann, the Chair of the Real Estate Group, has been involved in all cycles of the commercial real estate market in North Carolina since the early 1970s.
Ragsdale Liggett’s real estate practice includes the following services:
- Sales and purchases of land and commercial property, including office buildings, warehouses, shopping centers and multi-family residential
- General representation of developers
- Real estate financing
- Leases and subleases of real property
- Construction, development and architects' contracts
- Brokerage agreements and management agreements
- Easements and dedication of public rights-of-way
In the area of zoning, Ragsdale Liggett’s services include:
- Option agreements
- Loan refinancings, renewals and extensions
- Loan workouts and foreclosures
- Like-kind exchanges
- Real estate litigation
- Formation of corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies
- Tax-credits and tax-exempt bond transactions
- Non-recourse institutional debt financing
- Residential real estate closings
Our Real Estate Attorneys
William A. Mann
Robert J. Ramseur, Jr.
Richard O. Bolton
Diane L. Parsons-Salem
Dorothy Burch
