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 PropertyprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Poverty Moves to the Suburbs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c64aba0970b 2013-05-21T03:30:00-07:00 2013-05-21T10:30:00Z 2013-05-21T10:30:00Z Emily Badger reports: [O]ver the last decade, suburbs have increasingly become home to America's poor. Between 2000 and 2011, the population living in American cities below the poverty line increased by 29 percent. During that same time, across the country... propertyprof Map of the Day: Most Popular Baby Name by State tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c649ed8970b 2013-05-21T03:15:00-07:00 2013-05-21T10:15:00Z 2013-05-21T10:15:00Z Steve Clowney propertyprof Arlen and Tontrup on the Endowment Effect tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01910237816e970c 2013-05-21T03:00:00-07:00 2013-05-21T10:00:00Z 2013-05-21T10:00:00Z Jennifer Arlen (NYU) and Stephan Tontrup (Max Planck Institute) have posted A Process Account of the Endowment Effect: Voluntary Debiasing Through Agents and Markets on SSRN. Here's the abstract: We contest the loss aversion theory of the endowment effect, in... propertyprof Judge Orders Los Angeles BID to Dissolve tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa1a3ac7970d 2013-05-20T03:30:00-07:00 2013-05-20T10:30:00Z 2013-05-20T10:30:00Z A reminder that not everyone loves Business Improvement Districts: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered the Arts District Business Improvement District to dissolve, capping a long feud between the entity and a group of property owners. The BID... propertyprof Foundling Tokens tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102378fd3970c 2013-05-20T03:15:00-07:00 2013-05-20T10:15:00Z 2013-05-20T10:15:00Z Slate has a captivating piece on "foundling tokens." During the 18th century, mothers who left their babies at London’s Foundling Hospital would deposit something small, but unique, with the hospital to serve as an identifier in the event parents returned... propertyprof Yoo on the Emerging Technologies and Property Theory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb3ed82b970d 2013-05-20T03:00:00-07:00 2013-05-20T10:00:00Z 2013-05-20T10:00:00Z Christopher Yoo (Penn) has posted Beyond Coase: Emerging Technologies and Property Theory (Penn) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: In addition to prompting the development of the Coase Theorem, Ronald Coase’s landmark 1959 article on The Federal Communications Commission touched off... propertyprof Fines for Agents Who Show Illegal Apartments tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102374281970c 2013-05-17T03:30:00-07:00 2013-05-17T10:30:00Z 2013-05-17T10:30:00Z The N.Y. Times reports on a local initiative: The Department of Buildings has begun issuing fines to agents and brokers who advertise and show illegal apartments for rent, a new step in a long battle that has traditionally taken on... propertyprof Ten Buildings That Changed American Architecture tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102373a07970c 2013-05-17T03:15:00-07:00 2013-05-17T10:15:00Z 2013-05-17T10:15:00Z In the PBS special 10 Buildings that Changed America, two architecture gurus discuss the origins of some of the country’s most important buildings. The hour-long program, which premiered this week take a look at thestories and engineering behind 10 influential... propertyprof Godsil and Simunovich on the Mortgage Crisis and the Ethic of Homeownership tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb3e8c63970d 2013-05-17T03:00:00-07:00 2013-05-17T10:00:00Z 2013-05-17T10:00:00Z Rachel Godsil (Seton Hall) and David Simunovich (Seton Hall) have posted Protecting Status: The Mortgage Crisis, Eminent Domain, and the Ethic of Homeownership (Fordham) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Homeownership is in crisis. Millions of families are at risk of... propertyprof Important Nuisance Case in Maryland tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb28e704970d 2013-05-16T04:30:00-07:00 2013-05-16T11:30:00Z 2013-05-16T11:30:00Z From Joe Singer's blog: The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled in Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Albright, — A.3d —, 2013 WL 673738 (Md. 2013) that property owners near a gas station where 26,000 gallons of gasoline spilled from an underground... propertyprof Building Implosion Fail tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb28db01970d 2013-05-15T04:30:00-07:00 2013-05-15T11:30:00Z 2013-05-15T11:30:00Z Oops. Steve Clowney propertyprof Varadarajan on Improvement Doctrines tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102216854970c 2013-05-15T04:00:00-07:00 2013-05-15T11:00:00Z 2013-05-15T11:00:00Z Deepa Varadarajan (St. John's) has posted Improvement Doctrines (George Mason) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: When one party makes significant but unauthorized improvements to another's land, chattels or informational assets, should the "improving" nature of the act alter the liability... propertyprof The NY Times Interviews Land Use Lawyer tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102216009970c 2013-05-14T09:52:07-07:00 2013-05-14T16:52:07Z 2013-05-14T16:52:07Z In the paper's Real Estate section, Vivian Marino sits down for an interview with land use lawyer Melanie Meyers, a partner at Fried Frank who represents several large developers. A sample: Q. Let’s talk about some of your projects, starting... propertyprof Top 10 Best Cities To Move To Today tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c2b5ee4970b 2013-05-14T09:48:05-07:00 2013-05-14T16:48:05Z 2013-05-14T16:48:05Z The Onion takes on "best cities" lists to hilarious effect. Steve Clowney propertyprof Stern on State Legislative Checks and Judicial Takings tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102215519970c 2013-05-14T09:46:37-07:00 2013-05-14T16:46:37Z 2013-05-14T16:46:37Z Stephanie Stern (Chicago-Kent) has posted Protecting Property Through Politics: State Legislative Checks and Judicial Takings (Minnesota) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: In the 2010 Supreme Court case Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, a plurality of... propertyprof Tsarnaev Burial Saga Highlights Flaw in the Law of Human Remains tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb172f60970d 2013-05-12T13:39:38-07:00 2013-05-12T20:39:38Z 2013-05-12T20:39:38Z The Worcester (Massachusetts) Police Department reports that Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body was buried in an undisclosed location in the middle of the night this week, bringing an end to a sad, unprecedented soap opera. This controversy has been resolved – but... propertyprof Property in the Human Body Awesome Pictures of Places You've Never Heard of But Want to Go tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901bea2425970b 2013-05-09T03:15:00-07:00 2013-05-09T10:15:00Z 2013-05-09T10:15:00Z Extremely cool pictures of weird (but real) places. Steve Clowney propertyprof Homeownership Kills Jobs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901bea1c5e970b 2013-05-09T03:10:00-07:00 2013-05-09T10:10:00Z 2013-05-09T10:10:00Z The Washington Post reports: The idea that owning a home makes it harder to find a job because of higher moving costs is now known as “Oswald’s hypothesis.” And it’s come in for plenty of scrutiny. Some economists, for instance,... propertyprof Writing Competition for Property Students tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeae7b511970d 2013-05-08T03:35:00-07:00 2013-05-08T10:35:00Z 2013-05-08T10:35:00Z From friend of the blog, Tim Mulvaney: The Texas Wesleyan Journal of Real Property Law (Property Journal) is holding a national writing competition for all law students on any topic falling into the general theme of real property law. This... propertyprof Map of the Day: Everybody Lives in Asia tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901bea1069970b 2013-05-08T03:10:00-07:00 2013-05-08T10:10:00Z 2013-05-08T10:10:00Z Matt Yglesias makes a prediction: So now that all the countries inside the circle are politically independent and only a handful of them are still governed by totally insane ideologies, we should expect most of the action to happen where... propertyprof