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Court of Appeals Decision Adds to Evolving Marketable Title Act Framework

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In a recent unpublished decision, the North Carolina Court of Appeals provided further insight into how restrictive covenants interact with the state’s Marketable Title Act....more

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Arlington Missing Middle Ordinance is Void Again — For Now

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In another twist to Arlington’s Missing Middle saga, on July 8, 2025, the Virginia Court of Appeals set aside its ruling from two weeks earlier reinstating Arlington County’s Expanded Housing Option (EHO) ordinance and...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Ukraine (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER UKRAINIAN LAW - І. Types and specifics of real estate in Ukraine - The main types of real estate in Ukraine are the following: • plots of land; • other objects that...more

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On Your Radar? 10 Real Estate Risk Areas to Watch in 2025

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As we look ahead to 2025, several key areas within the real estate sector are poised to see an uptick in disputes. This report outlines ten pressing issues that property owners, occupiers, developers and investors should be...more

Frantz Ward LLP

Ohio Law Changes How Home Buyers View Properties and Pay their Agent

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A new Ohio law effective today drastically changes how Ohio real estate licensees represent clients, including when a prospective buyer wants to view a residential property. Licensees are now obligated to enter into a written...more

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Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (7/31/24) – International Homebuying Shrinks Commercial Real Estate Focus on...

In our latest roundup, mortgage rates drop to lowest levels since March, hotel construction activity highest since February 2023, Biden administration calls for legislation regarding property owners, and more!...more

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Federal Adaptive Reuse Bill Introduced in House of Representatives

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U.S. Reps. Mike Carey (R-OH) and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) introduced the bipartisan “Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act” in the House of Representatives on July 12, 2024. Modeled after the Historic Preservation Tax Credit,...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update -1.25.23 #3

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed a proposal for a new rule to push local communities to take steps to address housing segregation. HUD said in a release that the rule, announced last...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Red Hot Apartment Investment Market Starts to Cool

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Investments in apartment buildings are slowing down – real estate attorney David Petersen breaks down the trend....more

Allen Matkins

Development and Construction Trends in California’s Multifamily Housing Market

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Ari Shaeps, a partner in the Century City office of Allen Matkins, recently moderated a panel at the California Multifamily Forum to discuss current trends in California’s commercial real estate and multifamily development....more

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New York City Property Tax Blueprint an Incomplete Solution

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Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform (the Commission) issued a report on Dec. 28, 2021, titled "The Road to Reform: A Blueprint for Modernizing and Simplifying New York City's...more

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Commonwealth Court Approves Assessment Appeals Based on Recent Sales and Cost Benefit Analysis

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In the continuing litigation between taxing bodies and taxpayers over how and when taxing bodies may file property tax assessment appeals, Commonwealth Court recently issued a decision clarifying when such appeals may occur,...more

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Goodbye Covenants, Hello Free Use of Land

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently issued a landmark opinion regarding the North Carolina Real Property Marketable Title Act (the "Act"). The case is C Investments 2, LLC v. Auger et al., 2021-NCCOA-209 ("C...more

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California CRE to Expand in 2022

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The Winter 2020 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey shows that although the economy is predicted to slow in 2020, developers’ views on most California commercial real estate in 2022...more

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Divided Arizona Supreme Court Greenlights Major Development in Southern Arizona

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On August 9, 2018, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a decision with potentially important implications for future residential and commercial development in Arizona. In Silver v. Pueblo Del Sol Water Company, a divided court...more

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Failla And Taylor Are Alive And Well: Eleventh Circuit Again Confirms That Debtors Cannot Retain Secured Property Absent...

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For the third time in less than two years, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a chapter 7 debtor who does not reaffirm secured debt or redeem the property must surrender the property. In re Woide, No....more

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Melbourne Property Investor Alert: New Tax on Vacant Residential Properties

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With effect from 1 January 2018, owners of residential properties in certain Melbourne suburbs, which have been unoccupied for more than six months in a calendar year, will be liable to pay the Victorian Government's new...more

Gray Reed

What Price For a Louisiana Servitude?

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According to Enterprise Te Products Pipeline Company v. Avila, it is the value of the expropriated property, even if it is as little as 33 cents each to the landowners. This seemingly small case must have had big potential...more

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AirBNB & VRBO: Do My Neighbors Have a Say?

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Following his transfer to Houston, Ruel Benda decided to keep his posh gated neighborhood Rodeo Drive house and started advertising it on AirBNB. His profits were so good that he began renting for 7 days or less. Insisting...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Trouble in Paradise: Florida Third DCA’s Opinion in Beyer v. City of Marathon Declaimed as “For The Birds”

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Nestled in the center of the Florida Keys lies the City of Marathon; a tropical paradise splitting the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Recently, Florida’s Third DCA hatched the case of Beyer v. City of Marathon. On...more

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Environmental Stigma Can Reduce Value of Property - Application of a 5 Percent “Standard” Stigma Devaluation for Contaminated...

In a case that will have an impact on the owners of property that has been devalued as a result of environmental conditions, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently agreed that contaminated real estate could be appraised at 5...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 9, 2015

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Certiorari; discovery: Certiorari review was not available to an owner of property seeking review of a trial court’s order denying his discovery requests, where the order did not completely...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fill the Gap Between You and Your Property Rights - Emerging Issues in Title Insurance

Hall Eady and Spencer Mobley from the Firm’s Title Insurance Litigation Team discussed emerging issues in the world of title insurance including recent interpretations of key terms and conditions in standard form lender’s...more

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