When you buy real estate, including in the form of a house and the land it sits on, it's your private property to do with as you wish. As long as you follow local zoning and building code rules, you ...

Do renters really have all the leverage in a lease dispute? How long does it take to evict a problem renter? What are your options if you buy a new home and you find a fence incorrectly placed on your ...

GREENFIELD — The city is aiming to simplify the process by which homeowners seek approval to build structures in the city’s utility easements, and officials are bracing for push-back from homeowners.

You may think of an easement as just a right of way — that is given over your property — to a utility company for overhead power lines, phone cables or underground water pipes. Many properties have ...

Fences are often built right on top of property boundary lines, but this assumption can be dangerously misleading. Consider what happened to a property owner in Sacramento County who bought his dream ...

Boundary fights rarely start with shouting. They usually begin with a small assumption, a casual fence post, or a quick text ...