March 1, 2016 is the deadline to challenge your 2015 real estate taxes. Please keep in mind the deadline to challenge your 2015 real estate taxes is March 1, 2016. For more information on the application process, please visit our web … [Read more...]
Who is obligated to contribute toward the maintenance of a private road?
The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently addressed this thorny issue by ruling that parties who enjoy the benefit of a private road may be required to contribute toward the road’s maintenance, even in the absence of covenants imposing that obligations. Village Green Condominium Association v. Hodges (March 20, 2015) involved an access … [Read more...]
Easements: Let’s Be Reasonable
The New Hampshire Supreme Court weighed in recently on two important areas concerning easements. First, it clarified that use of an access easements may be extended to benefit an adjoining, after-acquired parcel. Second, it addressed the thorny question of whether parties benefiting from an access easement may be obligated to contribute … [Read more...]
Legislative Alerts
Impact On Your Real Estate Business Each year over a thousand new bills are introduced in the New Hampshire legislature, and hundreds of them could impact your real estate business in either a negative or positive way. Bills affecting property taxes, business taxes, tenants' rights, hazardous waste, shoreline protection, planning board procedures, … [Read more...]