real estate

Real Estate Transactions

The attorneys at Murray | Lobb provide legal services to individuals and business entities concerning the sale, purchase, or development of improved or unimproved residential or commercial real estate. Our firm has many years of experience in the preparation of Deeds and other transfer documents, both residential and commercial leases, purchase and sale agreements, powers of attorney, lien documents, releases, mineral right documents, homestead affidavits, party wall agreements and other more complex real estate documents.

Our many years of representing real estate brokers, developers, business owners, real estate title companies, lenders and builders gives us the experience to represent you in any real estate matter, whether simple transfer of title transactions to complicated real estate development or sales transactions.

The lawyers of Murray | Lobb believe in providing our clients with professional, well-drafted documents in a timely manner and at a reasonable fee.

Real Estate Litigation

If you find yourself in need of legal representation at the courthouse on a real estate matter, the attorneys at Murray & Lobb can assist you. Attorneys in our firm have many years of experience litigating matters such as eviction proceedings, both residential and commercial, trespass to try title and adverse possession actions, lien enforcement including mechanics and judgment liens, boundary disputes, easements, partition suits, deed restriction enforcement and termination, real estate sales contract enforcement and termination, broker disputes, suits to quiet title, title company disputes, property tax suits, and condemnation.

It is our firm’s belief that real estate disputes should be resolved without incurring extensive litigation costs, but if the matter cannot be resolved through negotiation and mediation, our attorneys are prepared to zealously represent our clients through litigation proceedings, whether before a judge or jury

Real Estate Finance

Our attorneys have provided legal assistance to commercial and individual lenders for many years. At Murray | Lobb, we have experience in the preparation of loan and security documents for construction loans, both residential and commercial, real estate documents for substantial residential communities and commercial tracts. We prepare purchase money loan documents, home equity loan documents, and reverse mortgages.

We provide loan documents for large and small financial institutions, mortgage companies, and credit unions. We also prepare loan documents for individuals that owner finance the sale of their real estate.

In the event that the loan goes into default, our attorneys can assist lenders in the foreclosure of the real estate that secures their loans.

At Murray | Lobb our law firm has legal experience handling all types of residential and commercial real estate transactions, foreclosures and litigation. We assist clients with real estate matters throughout Texas, but especially in the greater Houston area. 

Our firm represents individual clients, developers, builders, various title companies and lending institutions in preparation of real estate and financial documents.  We prepare documentation and administer projects from the simplest cash deed to the more complex condominium office projects or real estate development projects.  A few examples of the real estate documents we regularly prepare include:

• Deed of trust

• Warranty deeds

• Releases

• Affidavits of heirship

• Quitclaims

• Assumption deed

• Guaranty agreements

• Assignments

• Powers of attorney

A few examples of the financial documents we routinely prepare include:

• Note packages

• Owner finance loan packages

• Assumption loan packages

• Loan wrap packages

• Mechanic's lien contract and note packages

• Second lien note and deed of trust packages

• Note and security agreement for fixtures and non realty

• Note and collateral assignment

Our real estate transaction practice also prepares:

• buy-sell contracts

• land contracts

• earnest money contracts

• commercial leases

• residential leases

• deed restrictions

• liens

• homebuilding contracts

• subcontractor agreements

• land development contracts

• fee development agreements