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Neighbors Have Standing to Challenge Use Variance for Operation of Concrete Manufacturing Plant
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7 Post-Pandemic Commercial Property Tax Tips
As post-pandemic market values fluctuate due to higher prices, property owners need to adopt strategies to keep their assessed property values down. As we emerge from COVID-19 here are seven key considerations to minimize property tax assessments even as prices increase.
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Drafter Not Bound By Its Own Deed Modification
When the city, as a seller of real estate, attaches a document to the deed at closing, but the deed does not refer to that document, may the buyer introduce evidence to establish that the document was intended to clarify the deed description?
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Co-ops and Condominiums
Sponsor's Obligation to Conform to Building Code Not Waiveable Allocation of Boat Slips Protected By Business Judgment Rule Co-Op's Ejectment Action Dismissed
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Real Property Law
Statute of Limitations Bars Foreclosure When Mortgagee Was Not Mortgagee In Possession Statute of Limitations Bars Easement Claim Estate Lacked Standing to Challenge Deed on Which Former Partner's Name Was Forged Partition Action Dismissed for Failure to Prove Cotenancy Interest
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Landlord & Tenant Law
Hearing Necessary to Determine Reasonableness of Pet Accommodation Whether Sales Counter Constituted Trade Fixture Is a Question of Fact Four-Year Lookback Rule Inapplicable When Issue Is Whether Apartment Is Regulated
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Development
Rental Permit Law Did Not Constitute Unconstitutional Search or Seizure Challenge to Building Permit Denial Dismissed for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
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Fifth Circuit Ruling Gives Commercial Lessees Likely Protection In Bankruptcy Court Free and Clear Asset Sales
The Fifth Circuit signaled that it would not approve in later cases a bankruptcy court asset sale of real property that summarily cuts off the rights of the debtor's lessees.
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Investing In Real Estate In the Metaverse: What You Need to Know
For law firms, real estate companies and corporations, buying property in the metaverse so early on could go one of two ways: giving them a crucial advantage in an increasingly digital economy, or becoming a decision they'll regret if the concept fails to take off.
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PA Ruling Shows Power of Obtaining Mechanic's Lien
In Pennsylvania, if a contractor is not paid for repairs or improvements made to real estate, the contractor can either take the traditional path of litigation and sue the property owner by filing a complaint under contractual or equitable theories or file for a mechanics' lien that clouds title to the real estate.
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