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
• Boundry 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.

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. 

• 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.

In recent years real estate transactions involving foreclosed properties have increased significantly. Our attorneys have the expertise to handle the unique challenges presented by buying or selling distressed properties. 

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.  We work closely with First American to not only issue you a title policy commitment, but to represent you with any policy claim that may arise.

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.