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Instead, a homeowner on title (or the beneficiary of a trust, a person legally or naturally dependent upon the owner or lessees having an original term of 98 years or more, all having to meet "equitable title to real estate" law) must file for a homestead exemption with the Property Appraiser in the county in which the property is located.
The community property concept originated in civil law jurisdictions but is now also found in some common law jurisdictions. U.S. states with community property laws draw primarily from the marital property laws under the civil law of France and Spain. [10] Division of community property may take place by item by splitting all items or by values.
As of 2012, Florida had over 600 CDDs with municipal bonds totalling $6.5 billion. Nearly three-quarters of them were established during the housing boom years between 2003 and 2008. The developer makes payments to the CDD for all properties in the district that they own. As long as new homes were selling, they had the money to cover that expense.
New Florida laws are making condo living increasingly expensive and are forcing many owners out. Florida realtor Jeff Chenore has been in the real estate business for 30 years and says the ...
Under Florida law, the transfer of a non-homestead property (meaning: a property that isn’t the primary residence of the owner) means: The sale or foreclosure of the property;
The monthly mortgage payment for a typical single-family home with a 20% down payment in October was $2,192, a 19.2% increase from last year when it was $1,838, the report states. This has ...
Under the common law, real estate can be jointly owned at a given time. [16] In most states, in a tenancy in common, co-tenants each have a theoretical right to possess the whole property. [16] Co-tenants must also share rents received from third-parties, as well as upkeep expenses and taxes. [16]
A group of Chinese citizens living in Florida, as well as a real estate firm working mostly with Asian and Asian American clients, questioned the law in the Sunshine State, claiming it was ...