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 PropertyprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Abandoned Property: Star Wars Edition tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c7fd15b970b 2013-05-24T03:30:00-07:00 2013-05-24T10:30:00Z 2013-05-24T10:30:00Z Here’s an interesting set of pictures from photographer Rä di Martino of Star Wars sets that were abandoned in Morocco and Tunisia. Through the decades there have been various efforts to save these landmarks, but for the most part they... propertyprof Bright & Hopkins on Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01910275955f970c 2013-05-24T03:00:00-07:00 2013-05-24T10:00:00Z 2013-05-24T10:00:00Z Susan Bright (Oxford) and Nick Hopkins (Southampton) have posted Evaluating Legal Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England (Book Chapter) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: In this chapter we analyze the legal routes used to deliver Low Cost Home Ownership... propertyprof How We Think About Property - Changes Across Time tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa364aa3970d 2013-05-23T06:37:01-07:00 2013-05-23T13:37:01Z 2013-05-23T13:37:01Z David Schorr, writing at the new blog Environment, Law, and History has some insightful things to say about how our conceptions of property and the environment have changed over time. Schorr focuses on water law in the U.S. and in... propertyprof The Best Venn Diagram in History? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191026dcfb9970c 2013-05-23T03:15:00-07:00 2013-05-23T10:15:00Z 2013-05-23T10:15:00Z This. Always this. Steve Clowney propertyprof Dellapenna on Groundwater tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c774960970b 2013-05-23T03:00:00-07:00 2013-05-23T10:00:00Z 2013-05-23T10:00:00Z Joseph Dellapenna (Villanova) has posted A Primer on Groundwater Law (Idaho) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: The greater part of fresh water on the planet Earth is under ground and most of that qualifies as "groundwater" in the sense of... propertyprof Pennsylvania Landowners Can Get Cash on Spot for Mineral Rights tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01910263bb46970c 2013-05-22T03:30:00-07:00 2013-05-22T10:30:00Z 2013-05-22T10:30:00Z Fracking continues to kick-up property issues: The practice has its roots in the early days of the drilling boom, when companies from around the world began leasing land as fast as they could -- locking the property into five-year deals... propertyprof The Art of Tall Buildings tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa2c3bd1970d 2013-05-22T03:15:00-07:00 2013-05-22T10:15:00Z 2013-05-22T10:15:00Z French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze has been been fascinated with Hong Kong's tall buildings, with which the city has become synonymous. His images are published in his book, Vertical Horizons. Steve Clowney propertyprof Zacks on the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa2c1477970d 2013-05-22T03:00:00-07:00 2013-05-22T10:00:00Z 2013-05-22T10:00:00Z Dustin Zacks (King, Nieves & Zacks PLLC) has posted Avoiding Insult to Injury: Extending and Expanding Cancellation of Indebtedness Income Tax Exemptions for Homeowners (Arkansas Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This article offers a critical analysis of anti-homeowner... propertyprof 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