People looking towards purchasing a new property, which is “free from encumbrances”, may be puzzled to find certain restrictive covenants in the contractual documents, which necessitate a careful ...

The shared goal of sellers and buyers in a real estate transaction is to transfer title to the property. This goal is accomplished through the execution of a deed at closing that is recorded in the ...

Good fences make good neighbors. Clear boundaries separate responsibility and make clear who is due what. With good boundaries, we can act more decisively because we know what we own. Without it, ...

We've had an offer accepted on a house which is being sold by the local diocese. However, the title deeds have given us cause ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Fred Ware and his son were researching the ...

There may have only been one racial covenant in the Harambee neighborhood between 1911 and 1960, according to a recent UWM study. A number of reasons could explain why.

Rochester’s historic property covenants that banned non-Caucasian and non-Christian residents from living in parts of the city are being targeted by a new city partnership. “That’s our history, and it ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The city of St. Paul announced Monday it will join a coalition dedicated to removing racially restrictive covenants from property deeds. Racial covenants were legal agreements ...

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HARTFORD, Conn.HARTFORD, Conn. — Fred Ware and his son were researching the history of the home he’s owned in the Hartford suburbs since 1950 when they discovered something far uglier than they ...