Some real estate developers and others selling property in Northern Virginia from 1900 through the 1960s used race-based, restrictive covenants to maintain segregation, and Virginia’s state and local ...

A change in the way affordable housing is secured at a development and a school conversion are among the latest planning applications.

In its first written judgment on the application of s.50 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, the High Court has granted orders discharging a restrictive covenant over a plot of land in ...

Yolo County has continued to set the standard for addressing historical inequities in property records. Yolo County Assessor/Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters Jesse Salinas presented the results of ...

Selling your first home feels very different from buying it. After all, these rooms hold memories of birthday celebrations, quiet Sunday mornings and other moments. But mixed with nostalgia that you ...

In 1983 the concept of a coffee shop selling relatively expensive hot drinks in comfortable surroundings did not exist, according to the applicant in Farrell v Garforth-Bles and Bishop’s Mansions Ltd ...

Large retailers like Stop & Shop and Walmart have used deed restrictions to block new grocery stores from opening in Woonsocket. Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos is proposing legislation to outlaw this practice, ...

Developers could also face an injunction mid-construction and/or damages claims of up to a third of the profits of the project, in addition to the cost of delays, which could be crippling. While the ...

A Binghamton University project has uncovered over 1,000 historic racial covenants in Broome County deeds. These restrictive clauses, some dating to the early 1900s, prohibited property sales to ...

We've had an offer accepted on a house which is being sold by the local diocese. However, the title deeds have given us cause for concern.