Property Valuation

Courts To Rule On Wind Issues

by Bruce Goodman | Varnum LLP on 5/13/2013

Seventeen neighbors of the Consumers Energy Lake Wind Energy Park have filed a complaint in Mason County claiming the wind farm has negatively impacted property values and caused sleep disruption, headaches, ringing ears,...more

Real Estate Tip – Hedge Against Future Inflation: Understanding The Capitalization Rate

by Richard Smith | Bernstein Shur on 4/29/2013

Net operating income ÷ building capital cost = capitalization rate - If you bought a building in 2007 for $450,000 that produces $36,000 in net operating income, your cap rate is 8 percent. If you think of the cap...more

Project Benefits: the "Transit Premium"

by Brad Kuhn | Nossaman LLP on 4/26/2013

Light rail and rapid transit appear to be the hot ticket in California. Most of our right-of-way acquisition and eminent domain work over the last few years has centered on such projects. One interesting dispute that...more

"Near Public Transportation" - the New Real Estate Mantra?

by Tristan Robinson | Nossaman LLP on 4/16/2013

More evidence of the beneficial impacts of transit-oriented development has arrived in the form of a new property values study by the American Public Transportation Association, the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the...more

Appellate Notes: Week of March 18, 2013

by Edward McCreery III | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 3/22/2013

In This Issue: - SC18921- Redding Life Care, Inc. v. Redding - SC18846- Bauer v. Bauer - SC18947- State v. Charlotte Hungerford Hospital - AC34075- Carrillo v. Goldberg - AC33764- Alarmax...more

Wealth Management Update - March 2013

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/11/2013

In this Issue: - March Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trust - Estate of Giovacchini v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2013-27 - Estate of...more

Valuation Disputes Centering on Severance Damages and Highest & Best Use

by Brad Kuhn | Nossaman LLP on 2/27/2013

Below are some updates on California projects have turned to eminent domain to complete right-of-way acquisition. They involve issues that are somewhat typical in condemnation proceedings: disputes over severance damages and...more

Revised Common Level Ratio for Philadelphia May Entitle Certain Taxpayers to a Refund

by David Augustin, George Kroculick, Louise Melchor, Brett Messinger | Duane Morris LLP on 2/20/2013

A recent change may affect the parties to certain real estate transactions with respect to property located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, that took place on or after July 1, 2012....more

Court Rules That Landowners Must Provide Factual Support For Market Value Opinions

by David Johnson | Winstead PC on 2/20/2013

The Texas Supreme Court has recently held that while the property owner rule establishes that an owner is qualified to testify as to market value, the testimony must meet the same requirements as any other opinion evidence....more

Commonwealth Court Confirms Use of Appeal Filing Date as Valuation Date for Real Estate Assessment Appeals

by Timothy J. Horstmann | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/18/2013

The Commonwealth Court has held that the proper date of valuation in an Allegheny County assessment appeal is the appeal filing date, not the first day of the tax year under appeal. The school district had appealed the...more

The Liston Brick Company Case: A Quick Follow-Up

by Rick Rayl | Nossaman LLP on 8/22/2012

In my recent post on City of Corona v. Liston Brick Company of Corona, 2012 Cal. App. LEXIS 873, I took a few minutes to discuss the conflict under California law concerning what happens when one side presents a valuation...more

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