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Property Taxes are taxes levied against the owner of property located within a particular jurisdiction. Property taxes are often used to refer to taxes on real property. Property taxation schemes vary depending on the country or jurisdiction. However, a popular system involves a government assessment of the value of a property and a rate based on a proportion of the assessed value. A property may be subject to taxation by multiple taxing entities. less -

The Impact of Natural Disasters on Municipal Financing and Disclosure

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 4/29/2025

The wildfires in Southern California earlier this year were another sobering reminder of the devastating impact of natural disasters on local communities, and Connecticut is certainly not immune....more

HUD’s Proposed ORCA Program – A New Option for Earlier Mortgagee Reimbursement

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/10/2025

On December 19, 2024, the Fair Housing Administration (FHA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a draft Mortgagee Letter proposing a new Optional Reimbursement Claim Alternative (ORCA)...more

The Title Reporter – Summer 2023

Rivkin Radler LLP on 6/22/2023

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •A trial court in New York has dismissed a negligence action against a title company brought by a developer, ruling...more

Fall 2018 Helping Handbook

Morrison & Foerster LLP - MoFo+ on 11/29/2018

This handbook provides an overview of some issues that individuals, families, and small businesses may face as a result of the fires that broke out in Northern and Southern California in the fall of 2018. While fires...more

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #6

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 2/13/2018

Lawmakers hit the ground running today with Legislative Day 19, riding on good news on tax revenues that emerged late last week. On Friday, Governor Deal announced that the state’s tax revenues for the month of January were...more

Helping Handbook for Those Affected by Northern California Wildfires 2017-2018

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/30/2018

This handbook provides an overview of some issues that individuals, families, and small businesses may face as a result of the wildfires, mudslides, and related disasters that hit Southern California in December 2017 and...more

Reconciling the Differences, the Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 11/20/2017

On November 9, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released a Description of the Chairman’s Mark of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” and on November 14, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released a Description of the Chairman’s...more

Helping Handbook for Those Affected by Northern California Wildfires

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/26/2017

This handbook provides an overview of some of the issues that individuals, families, and small businesses may face as a result of the wildfires that swept Northern California in October 2017. Please note that this handbook...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 28 & May 5, 2017

Carlton Fields on 5/9/2017

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure: final summary judgment in borrower’s favor inappropriate where borrower merely asserted that lender mistakenly filed copy of original note with court, instead of original, and where...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending March 25, 2016

Carlton Fields on 3/30/2016

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - - Ad Valorem Taxation: lessee holding 99-year leasehold interest in unimproved land owned by government entity is not “equitable owner” and thus not liable for ad valorem property taxes pursuant to...more

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