Monthly Archives: July 2025

Texas A&M Real Estate Research Institute looked into whether property values are impacted by wind and solar installations. The result? Like a lawyer would say, it depends. Negative impacts occur when the wind or solar project is visible from the property. If property is near a project, but it can’t be seen, the impact is not […]

@Reuters interviewed 14 people in construction – CEOs, trade association officials and site supervisors – who said the [ICE] raids are causing project delays and cost overruns and exacerbating existent shortages of skilled labor.

Cities are saying it is too time consuming for staff to visit and analyze property, so AI is being used to determine the value of your property for property tax purposes.  Bonjour, City Detect which provides of AI-enabled property and code enforcement solutions, to evaluate property conditions.  The Geospatial Professional Network says “it is important […]

Ancient lights is an English law dating to the 1600s that allows a property owner who has enjoyed light from a window for 20 years to have protection from that light being blocked. Britannica wants us to know it was not popular in the U.S. But you know it sounds an awful lot like some […]

Let’s look at construction data from a state that passed school choice/school vouchers. Florida passed school choice in 2011. ALEC says after the state passed school choice, 750 new private schools were built.

Did you know that the 2024 Republican platform does not contain the word property? A change is afoot. A law professor at UC Berkeley notes “Conservatives seem comfortable with local efforts to keep farmers from using their property for solar panels or wind turbines.  They also seem OK with forcing business owners to allow people […]

2025 has seen a 44% increase in the number of foreign home purchases in the U.S. from April 2024 to March 2025. Most of these purchases are occurring in Florida. This week a report from the National Association of Realtors found that overseas buyers invested $56 billion in residential property in the 12 months ending […]

Washington State became the 2nd state to ban English ivy. It seems that English ivy devours native plants. Washington State Standard | English ivy added to list of plants that are illegal to buy or sell in Washington

After a veto of a data center bill in Virginia, York County adopted its own local rules for locating a data center. These local rules include letters from energy and water companies stating whether or not they can handle the needs of the facility when running at full capacity; sound studies; set backs; vegetative buffers; and […]

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds vetoed HF 639 (IA |2025) stating that the bill goes beyond blocking eminent domain for CO2 pipelines, and prevents voluntary easements from being used as well.