Restrictive covenants have a significant and substantial impact on the use and value of property; yet they are often ignored entirely or not considered until the end of the due diligence period before ...

We've had an offer accepted on a house. It is owned by the diocese, so we're buying it from the church. I bought a copy of the title register from the Land Registry website and in it, it mentions a ...

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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 ...

Using a restrictive covenant in a 1938 deed, neighbors in the Tara-Leeway Heights neighborhood convinced a developer to build a single-family home instead of a duplex. The home, 1313 N. Harrison ...

Restrictive covenants are unquestionably a significant deal consideration in M&A transactions. In the private equity context, a buyer is focused on restrictive covenants to protect its investment by ...

As a commercial real estate attorney, Adam Artigliere has seen his share of surprising restrictive covenants placed on property deeds by their original owners or developers. Yet, he was still a bit ...

The requirements to live on the San Fernando Valley lots were clear in 1915. Any building, including the roof, must have two coats of paint. The fences “shall be” stained, painted or whitewashed.

Racially restrictive deeds and exclusionary covenants are still scattered across the Kansas City metro, embedded deep in the bylaws of homes associations and subdivisions’ rules, even though they can ...

Employers rely on these provisions not only to protect trade secrets and client relationships, but to protect the return on their substantial investments in employee training. At the same time, ...