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Real Estate Paralegal Jobs in Washington, DC at Palmer Legal Staffing
Title: Real Estate Paralegal
Company: Palmer Legal Staffing
Location: Washington, DC
A D.C. Law Firm is seeking a Real Estate Paralegal to join their team. The ideal candidate for this role has strong transactional experience and thrives in a fast-paced, team-driven environment, and is interested in working on complex, high-impact real estate transactions. The paralegal will play a key role in supporting attorneys through all stages of affordable housing deal from tracking due diligence and organizing HUD submissions to managing closing and post-closing processes. This firm offers a great benefits package
Status: Hybrid 3-days in-office, 2-days remote
Salary: $90,000.00 – $100,000.00 DOE
**LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY**
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage and track all aspects of complex real estate transactions, including maintaining detailed checklists, timelines, and organized transaction files.
- Coordinate document submissions to HUD and other regulatory agencies.
- Support attorneys on mixed-finance transactions, including those with affordable housing, nonprofit, and/or LIHTC components.
- Oversee due diligence processes, including ordering and reviewing lien and judgment searches and corresponding with vendors and agencies.
- Assist with entity formation and maintenance.
- Prepare, organize, and proofread transaction and closing documents, including managing document exchanges.
- Review title commitments and surveys; coordinate responses and work with title companies to finalize policies and manage recordation.
- Organize and manage closings, including preparing signature packages and coordinating execution by multiple parties.
- Assist with closing preparation, attend closings as needed, and manage post-closing follow-up, including closing binders.
- Monitor deadlines and transaction progress; communicate regularly with attorneys, clients, and deal teams.
- Supervise legal assistants and coordinate workflow across transaction teams.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Minimum of 1-2 years of paralegal experience.
- Experience managing large document submissions or complex legal transactions.
- Familiarity with affordable housing or commercial real estate is a plus.
- Experience reviewing title and survey documents is a plus but not required.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills are essential with exceptional drafting and proofreading skills.
- Detail-Oriented: Strong accuracy and attention to detail across all work product
- Organization & Time Management: Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently.
- Communication: Clear and professional written and verbal communication skills
- Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively within a team and across stakeholders
- Client Service Mindset: Proactive, responsive, and solutions-oriented approach
- Problem Solving: Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities
How To Apply: Please respond with your resume for consideration. We welcome all candidates that meet the REQUIRED qualifications with recent relevant experience. Palmer Legal Staffing is an equal opportunity employer.
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