Structural Encroachment
This occurs when a property owner specifically builds something on land they don’t own. Typically between neighbors, but it could also be between the property
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This occurs when a property owner specifically builds something on land they don’t own. Typically between neighbors, but it could also be between the property
In real estate, a short sale is transaction where a property sells for less than the amount owed on the property. Short sales usually take
A deed that gives ownership rights in property bought at a sheriff’s sale. A sheriff’s sale is a sale conducted by a sheriff upon order
A shared appreciation mortgage, or SAM, is a home loan in which the lender offers a below-market interest rate in exchange for a share of
Doctrine pertaining to properties adjacent to a waterway that governs the use of surface water and gives all owners of land contiguous to streams, lakes,
Right of first refusal is a contractual agreement that gives a specific party the opportunity to buy property before the owner can sell it to
A reverse mortgage is a loan for people aged 62 and up in which the lender pays homeowners in advance on the equity of their
A covenant imposing a restriction on the use of land so that the value and enjoyment of adjoining land will be preserved.
Reliction is the increase in land that occurs when a river or the ocean permanently withdraws from the site.
Reconveyance is the transfer of a title to the borrower after a mortgage has been fully paid.