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Build-To-Rent Homes: What You Need to Know About the Future of Single-Family Rentals | |
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Build-to-rent (BTR) homes are ideal for people who want the benefits of community living without the hassle of maintenance, mortgage payments, or HOA dues. In recent years, the movement to create more of these types of homes has been increasing due to higher demand. Because of its rapid growth, many real estate companies and investors are developing BTR properties to capitalize on the craze.
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North Carolina and Rhode Island Enact Laws Regarding Remote Notarization | |
North Carolina and Rhode Island recently enacted legislation to permit remote notarization. The North Carolina bill, House Bill 776 (HB 776), authorizes remote electronic notarization and specifies the circumstances under which a remote electronic notarization may be permissibly performed.
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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update | |
The latest alternative product to title insurance | |
SingleSource has launched its “Attorney Conclusion of Title” (ACT), a standardized attorney opinion letter. The product is available nationwide.
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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update | |
Week Ending May 27, 2022
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Echoes of the Doctrine of Worthier Title in current trust law | |
In §5.2 of Loring and Rounds: A Trustee’s Handbook (2022) we consider those trusts whose remaindermen are to be determined by reference to formulas set forth in intestacy statutes, provisions such as “upon the death of the life beneficiary, the property passes to those who would be the settlor's heirs,” or words to that effect.
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Price is Paid for Failure to Timely Probate a Texas Will | |
In re: Estate of Robert Scott Masters, Deceased reveals the price to be paid for failing to timely admit a will to probate or as a muniment of title.
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Lis Pendens and Arbitration – Avoiding an Either-Or Dilemma | |
The filing of a Lis pendens is a vital tool for protecting a party’s rights in enforcing a purchase and sale agreement for real estate, but if the claim at issue falls within a mandatory arbitration clause, the party may not have the right to file a lis pendens.
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Summary of Major Eminent Domain Cases & Legislation: January 1, 2022 - May 31, 202 | |
The property owner alleged a per se taking and inverse condemnation in the expansion of a road that increased surface and stormwater runoff flowing under the property and ultimately a sinkhole in the parking lot. The case was dismissed based on the statute of limitations
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Owners plan fencing across public walkway | |
Owners of the James P. White House at 1 Church St., the triangular-shaped property between High and Church streets, are placing a 6-foot vinyl fence around the property, blocking off a walkway running across their property that connects the two streets and which pedestrians have used.
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Property Rights in NFTs Are in the Spotlight | |
Interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) — unique digital assets created and sold on blockchains — have exploded in the past year. Buyers have paid many millions for these digital goods, and online marketplaces have developed in tandem to allow consumers to shop for and purchase a wide variety of NFTs. But the full scope of property rights that comes with buying an NFT is far from settled — though recent decisions from courts in the UK and Singapore may bring more clarity to the issue.
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Nuchatlaht land title case tests province’s UNDRIP promise, but reveals ‘hypocrisy’ [Canada] | |
Rooted in legal cases before it, the title case over part of Nootka Island is a fight for recognition and self-determination.
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Title Agents Take Business to the Next Level |
For agents interested in growing their business by expanding into multiple states, we’re here to make the process simple and profitable. We offer you one point of contact to streamline your options and solutions.
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The Delaware Wedge--A Boundary Dispute Caused by Surveyors' Mistakes | |
This plot of land, which measures just over a square mile, might be called the Pennsylvania Wedge had the boundary dispute between that state and Delaware not ended in Delaware's favor. But the Delaware flag defiantly flies above this strip of land, so we call it the Delaware Wedge.
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Police Can Legally Set You On Fire Because Someone In The 1800s Made A Copying Error | |
Qualified immunity, the Supreme Court-approved doctrine that law enforcement can violate constitutional rights as long as it’s within the scope of their official duties and the right isn’t “clearly established,” covers everything from locking people up for satirical Facebook posts to tasing a man covered in gasoline to set him on fire to shooting unarmed 10-year-olds in their front lawn while aiming for a “non-threatening” dog.
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Train in China Literally Goes Through an Apartment Building Everyday | |
An apartment block in the central Chinese city of Chongqing may look like your typical residential building, but it has a unique feature that literally sticks out.
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Make My Drive Fun Gives You New Places to Explore | |
A road trip is always made more enjoyable when you get off the beaten path (meaning the endless and monotonous interstate highway) and see the quirkier sites along the way. The online app Make My Drive Fun is a map that doesn't give you specific directions or driving time, but it can make getting there quite a bit more interesting
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