When real estate is in the news, it is often that same old tale of “Big Developer Continues with Plan to Upset Surrounding Community, Surprising No One.” When the party with deeper pockets always comes out on top, these situations can feel satirical, as if LARPing a...
How do real estate laws impact the communities inhabiting and using the land? Ideally, zoning, building codes, permitting, and statutes help make buildings and their use benefit the community – rather than simply existing only to be avoided or swatted away....
To real estate outsiders, the concept of air rights often comes as an almost whimsical surprise. “You can own the sky above a building? I didn’t even know that was a thing!” But for the initiated, it is well understood that the air above a building can greatly affect...
You’ve heard the phrase “The devil is in the details.” In recent Florida property disputes, we saw the Northwest Florida variant of that idiom: “The property line is in the pig pen.” What Happened In Chumuckla, corporate homebuilder D.R. Horton paved driveways to a...