As I watch this market and all the new variables we must consider, it concerns me that home buyers and sellers are holding onto the past. Having lived and worked as a Realtor since 1980, I have seen a great number of changes. Most have been very good for our industry and have actually elevated the public's view of Realtors! Recent changes will also become a new standard of operating. The consumer is better protected than they ever have been. Disclosures from all parties on all levels will only enhance our successfully assisting both buyers and sellers to make cleaner and easier transitions. Now, if they can only find someway to pack the boxes and move the furniture! Let us know what your thoughts are on the changes. Economically, Oklahoma has never been in a better place!
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Lark's Blog
Has this been an interesting year or what? After many years of riding the fast and furious wave of good times in the real estate market, we are now having to adjust our methods and mindset to accommodate the "new economy".
We can certainly understand why home buyers are holding back, but don't understand why more able buyers are not in the market. The interest rates are great, the selections are numerous and the prices are tempting.
If you have good reason to "sit on the fence" I would love to hear your view. Let me know what you think is going to happen in the immediate and near future.
I have put my own house on the market and can't wait to go shopping for a new home. I would think every buyer with the ability to get a mortgage loan or pay cash would view this narrow window of opportunity with enthusiasm! Tell me what you think.
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Every property has some kind of easement--utility, water and sewer or driveway easements which give access to landlocked parcels. As a property owner, you may be affected by easements at some point.
The easement in gross is the most common type of easement used by public utilities. These easements are often under or above the ground, so they do not consist of actual land. If a utility gains the right to an easement in gross over your land, it must pay you for the diminishment in value of your property.
Easements by prescription become easements simply through unchallenged use by the landowner for a specified number of years (usually 10-20). To avoid such an occurrence, the landowner must periodically make a formal objection to "start the clock over".
The most familiar type of easement is easement appurtment that allows access to public roads and is used to create driveways and walkways for subdivided parcels. This type of easement should be treated by both landowners (and beneficiaries) as actual land parcels to be described and recorded meticulously.
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