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We are in a percolating real estate cycle which is clearly symbiotic with the economy. For some, the economy is going quite well. For example, those who have 401(k)s are generally impressed with how they have grown this year, as well as those individuals who are savers and have found that they can earn 5%…

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Issues concerning ownership and property boundaries may be brought before the Massachusetts Land Court to decide.  In an October 10, 2019 Massachusetts real estate case, multiple parties brought competing claims regarding their respective rights to a section of marshland on the coast of a peninsula.  The parties involved in the case were three neighbors who each…

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In Scher v. Burke, 3 Cal.5th 136 (2017), the California Supreme Court held that the limitation on implied public dedications set forth in Civil Code section 1009(b) applies to both recreational and nonrecreational uses of non-coastal property. The issue arose from a California Supreme Court case, Gion v. City of Santa Cruz, (1970) 2 Cal.3d…

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As is well known now since the passing of the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, as well as subsequent bills resulting from the effects of COVID-19, tenants in California have been afforded protections both from rent increases and evictions without cause. For most California properties, landlords may only evict a tenant from a residential property…

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