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The Seattle City Council passed Council Bill 120937 on February 11, 2025, aimed to encourage developers and commercial property owners to convert underutilized commercial properties into residential housing. Set to take...more
This month, the City of Columbus introduced a revolutionary proposal to modernize its 70-year-old zoning code. The initiative aims to address the city and the region’s rapid growth by strengthening housing, mobility, and...more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 102 on March 28, 2023, with an effective date of July 1, 2023. Commonly referred to as the Live Local Act (the Act), it has significant land use, zoning and tax benefits...more
On May 9, 2023, the Montgomery County, Maryland Council voted 7-4 in favor of increasing its real estate recordation tax by enacting Bill 17-23, Taxation – Recordation Tax Rates – Amendments. Councilmember Kristin Mink was...more
On September 17, 2020, King County announced that, despite the ongoing pandemic and economic uncertainty, property owners would not receive an extension on the property tax bill corresponding to the second half of 2020. In...more
The Situation: With the changes proposed to taxation of commercial real estate and residential rent control on the 2020 ballot, the real estate landscape may be changing in California. The Result: Propositions 15 and 21,...more
The Los Angeles City Council recently considered a vacancy tax intended to reduce the number of vacant residential units. The proposed Empty Homes Tax would aim to address homelessness by penalizing residential landlords for...more
In the fall of 2019, the Ohio General Assembly significantly changed state law governing tax increment financing (TIF) exemptions. For certain TIF projects, local communities can extend the exemptions – and, therefore,...more
An important amendment to Pennsylvania’s Borough Code (8 Pa. C.S.A. § 101 et seq.) that impacts a Borough’s process for adopting its annual property tax rate took effect on August 30, 2019. On July 2, 2019, Governor Tom...more
Vacasa Nearly Doubles Real Estate Footprint - ("Vacation rental platform Vacasa will pay $162M to acquire Wyndham Vacation Rentals," GeekWire on Jul 30, 2019) We learned last week that Portland-based Vacasa plans to...more
Sonder Reaches Unicorn Status - ("Airbnb competitor Sonder says after new funding round it’s now worth $1B," Real Deal - LA Real Estate News on Jul 11, 2019) Congratulations is well-deserved for Sonder, which just...more
More than 10,000 bills were filed during the 86th Texas legislative session. Some of the bills that were filed and ultimately signed into law specifically impact the real estate and construction industries. Below is a...more
On September 30, 2016, the Connecticut Supreme Court heard oral argument in Nutmeg Housing Development Corp. v. Colchester. On the face of it, the ad valorem valuation of a garden variety property in the suburbanizing Town...more
This is the fourth and final blog in our 2016 California Election Guide Series – the first three providing brief synopses of the 17 state-wide ballot initiatives residents will see in November. In this final segment, we will...more
Cook County continues to increase the number of commercial and industrial properties eligible for reduced property tax assessments. Recently, the County amended the Real Property Assessment Classification Ordinance to add the...more
Not-for-profit (NFP) organizations owning real property in New York City must meet certain ownership, purpose, and use requirements in order to qualify for real property tax exemption. NFP organizations often mistakenly...more