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 ...

The owner still has full ownership and rights to the land, but that’s limited by the rights of the easement holder, who has rights to use it for specific reasons.

An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

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What is an easement? Sure, it has the word “ease” in it, but most home buyers don’t find it easy to understand. (See what we did there?) The term often crops up after buyers have made an offer on a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Easements can often create complicated legal problems that require professional knowledge when dealing with property issues. Whether you’re receiving an easement or granting an easement, employing an ...

Homeowners are often warned to brace for the unexpected. After all, you could purchase a home that passes its inspection with flying colors only to face a costly repair a few months down the road.

Not long ago, a neighbor asked if I knew where our sewer and storm drains are located. He wants to adjust the drainage on his property to drain into the public storm sewer drain, which I knew adjoins ...

A Bexar County homeowner says a drainage easement next to his house has been chewing away at his yard and inching toward his foundation.