by Rhett Loveman | Dec 16, 2024 | Insights
Lot shortages have emerged as a significant challenge in the US housing market. It effects construction activity, affordability, and market dynamics. Seventy-five percent of builders plan to start more homes in 2024 than in 2023, so...
by Rhett Loveman | Dec 16, 2024 | Insights
Our previous article gave an overview of the entitlement process. Now we’ll explore entitlement holders and what constitutes a fully entitled site.Local Entitlement HoldersEntitlements start at the municipal level with the crucial step of zoning. It’s the cornerstone...
by Rhett Loveman | Dec 16, 2024 | Insights
What Are EntitlementsEntitlements are vested rights that allow you to develop a property for a certain use. For example, a 20-acre parcel of land zoned agricultural can be rezoned residential, commercial, or industrial. By doing so, the land has a vested right for...
by Rhett Loveman | Dec 16, 2024 | Insights
The inclusion of manmade ditches and canals under WOTUS has been a longstanding debate and was governed by the subjective “significant nexus” test. The Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v....
by Rhett Loveman | Dec 16, 2024 | Insights
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43821578 By now everyone is aware that there’s a slowdown in the real estate market. It affects every aspect of our industry albeit to varying degrees. Inflation and rapidly rising interest rates are often cited as the predominant factors....
