When Is an Environmental Site Assessment Needed?
When purchasing or developing land, an Environmental Site Assessment or ESA is often a necessary process that acts as an insurance policy to prospective buyers. [...]
Can You Build a House on Agricultural Land?
What is Agricultural Land? Agricultural land typically allows for raising livestock and growing and harvesting crops. In many cases, agricultural land allows for typical residential [...]
Zoning Issues: Can Zoning Improve The Housing Affordability?
Zoning describes the use of municipal authority to decided what land can be used for, and it defines allowable uses for residential, commercial, and industrial [...]
How Zoning Laws Can Help Reduce Pollution
There are many ways zoning laws can help reduce pollution, improve the public’s overall quality of life, and prevent a negative environmental impact. Zoning laws [...]
What You Need To Know Before Making An Offer To Purchase Land
There are 1.9 billion acres of currently owned and available land in the contiguous United States. Trying to place a dollar amount on the value [...]
Everything You Need To Know About Topographic Surveys
A map formulates meaning between disparate distances just as much as they chart those distances. Do you ever think about how much maps control how [...]
2021 ALTA/NSPS Standards Guide
The time has come for the new revised 2021 ALTA/NSPS standards to soon go into effect. These standards were last updated in 2016, so you [...]
What Are the Different Types of Land Zoning?
Before purchasing a property, it’s important to know how it is zoned so you know if you can use the property for your intended purposes [...]
What Is Environmental Due Diligence? A Complete Guide
Environmental due diligence is an essential process for anyone looking to buy a property, whether commercial or residential. Hidden environmental liabilities are a massive problem [...]
How Long Is a Land Survey Good for?
Many people have wondered if they need a survey of their land, for either personal or professional reasons. Whether it is for buying or selling [...]