Highest And Best Use In Land Valuation Cases

James D. Masterman and Martye Kendrick co-authored an article in The Practical Real Estate Lawyer titled “Highest and Best Use in Land Valuation Cases.”

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By | July 10th, 2024 ||

Treasury Proposes Expanding CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Real Estate Transactions Near Military Sites

On July 8, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review purchases, leases, and other real estate transactions involving foreign persons. As detailed below, the NPRM would give CFIUS authority to review certain transactions involving real estate located near an additional 59 military installations and would extend the range of CFIUS’s jurisdiction […]

By | July 9th, 2024 ||

Major Changes To Open Public Records Act: What Real Estate Professionals Need To Know

As a result of recent changes concerning requirements that public bodies must adhere to in responding to Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests, parties seeking to access information regarding matters pertaining to real property will see changes in the manner in which requests for information are processed. They will need to adjust their expectations with respect to the accessing of vital property information.

Practitioners in the real estate transaction, land use, and environmental law areas […]

By | July 8th, 2024 ||