Today’s question is “What is gross, appurtenant or prescriptive?” If you answered “an easement,” go to the head of the real estate class. Virtually every realty parcel is subject to one or more ...

Gross. Prescriptive. Appurtenant. What do these three words have in common? No. They don`t describe a certain overweight Hollywood movie star. Let me give you a clue. These words have something to do ...

A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from a son concerned about his 80-year-old mother's home, which apparently has its driveway a few feet on a neighbor's vacant lot. He reports his mother has owned ...

A reader recently wrote to learn what to do about an undisclosed home easement problem. She and her husband hired a contractor to build a backyard swimming pool. As the contractor's backhoe operator ...

When you buy real estate, including in the form of a house and the land it sits on, it's your private property to do with as you wish. As long as you follow local zoning and building code rules, you ...

Does your property have any easements? Chances are, it does. An easement is the right of another person or entity, such as a public utility or government agency, to use part of your property. Most ...

The New World of Prescriptive Easement Cases In their Land Use column, Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio discuss how New York appellate courts determine whether or not a party is entitled to ...

Few homeowners and real estate investors think about their property easements. Virtually every property is burdened by easements of some type, and some can result in lost use of property. The most ...

Plaintiffs own residential properties abutting a private road known as “Windmill Lane,” which runs perpendicularly to Further Lane from its southern boundary and terminates near the Atlantic Ocean.

Question: We have lived in a rural area of Buckeye for more than 20 years. We want to sell our Buckeye home and get a condominium in Mesa to be closer to our two boys. Our Realtor said that we needed ...