Brant Lake is an unincorporated hamlet located in the town of Horicon in Warren County, New York. It is not a census designated place. The hamlet is mainly traversed by NY Route 8, having its own exit from the Adirondack Northway, and Palisades Road. The village center is located to the south of Brant Lake, the lake for which the village is named. On the sides of the lake and towards the north end of the lake are summer homes and summer camps including Pilgrim Camp, Point O' Pines, Brant Lake Camp and several others. To the far north end are picturesque farms and the 1000-acre Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation, owned by the Westchester-Putnam Council of Hawthorne, New York.

What is real estate law?

Real Estate Law refers to laws and regulations that regulate land and things permanently fixed to the land such as a building. Real estate is synonymous of real property and sometimes called realty. Real estate lawyers deal with issues as varied as real estate transactions, as in the sale and purchase of real estate, construction defects, landlord-tenant disputes, eminent domain, 1031 exchanges, foreclosures and mortgage law to name a few.

Answers to real estate law issues in New York

The relationship a landlord and a tenant is governed by a contract. That contract is referred to as the lease, A...


There are several provisions within a lease that both...

A contract to sell real estate is an agreement between a buyer and a seller to convey title to a piece of real...

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Because of the health problems caused by lead poisoning, the federal Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction...

Property owners may be liable for tenant health problems caused by exposure to environmental hazards, such as...

To protect everyone's right to be treated fairly and to help people find adequate housing, Congress and state...

Typically, a landlord has the right to legally enter rented premises in cases of emergency, in order to make needed...

Under most state and local laws, rental property owners must offer and maintain housing that satisfies basic...

A landlord may be liable to the tenant--or others-for injuries caused by dangerous or defective conditions on the...