Florida’s new pro-housing development law, Senate Bill 812, accomplishes two things. First, it allows developers to acquire up to 50% of the residential building permits for a residential subdivision or planned community. It does this by requiring certain cities and counties to create an expedited review process for issuing building permits for residential subdivisions or planned communities. Second, it creates a mechanism for developers to have a vested right in an approved preliminary plat.

While the new […]

Effective July 1, 2024, Virginia has implemented several significant changes to its real estate laws. In this year’s installment, tenants get a whole lot of protections (kind of), HOAs are put on a tighter leash, and brokers have to play by some new rules. Out of the 3,594 bills and resolutions considered by the General Assembly during the 2024 session, only 838 of them were signed into law by the Governor. Of those 838, the […]