Real estate News
What Did Eric Adams Build As Mayor?
Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office Review Eric Adams’s public statements this year, and ...
What Is a PID? Texas Public Improvement Districts
Key takeaways A Public Improvement District (PID) is a designated area where homeowners pay an additional assessment to fund public amenities and infrastructure. PID assessments are separate from property taxes and may last 20 to 40 yea...
Santa Monica Developer Pushes for Palisades to Secede from LA
Faced with fire damage, frozen permits and a City Hall she says can’t scale, a Pacific Palisades developer has made a radical pitch a year after the destruction: break away from Los Angeles.Santa Monica-based developer and reality TV alum Ela...
Bill Witte is retiring after running Related California, a large-scale developer of both luxury and low-income apartments, for more than three decades.
Downtown L.A. is doing better than you think it is, but the government needs to do more to energize the city, said one of the region’s longest and most successful real estate leaders.Bill Witte is retiring after running Related California, a...
May property be granted by an owner living with the presence of toxic mold and prescription painkillers which affect mental competency?
Facts: A grantor exposed to toxic mold at their primary residence and taking prescription painkillers transfers property to an acquaintance as a gift. On the death of the grantor, an heir to the grantor’s estate who was aware of the transfer ...
Curbed’s 10 Most-Read Listing Stories of 2025
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Gabriel Sebastian/Five 7 Media; Compass/Niko Strbac/Real Estate Production Network; Compass; Lena Yaremenko; Hau...
Shelter Island Estate Targets Local Record With $18M Ask
Next year, a seller is setting his sights on a record sale for Shelter Island.Interior designer Ben Broughman, senior creative director at Jonathan Adler, listed the Osofsky House at 4 Dawn Lane for $18 million, the Wall Street Journal reported...
What is “Time is of the Essence” in Real Estate?
Key takeaways– When “time is of the essence” is included, contract deadlines become legally binding, not flexible targets.– Missing a deadline can be a material breach of contract.– Buyers and sellers both face real financial a...
