[C5.] Rules Clarified on Family Limited Partnerships The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has clarified restrictions on family limited partnerships, a widespread estate planning technique that reduces taxes on inheritances and gifts.
A Spanish court convicted 53 people on Friday in the country's biggest-ever corruption trial, which lasted two years and centered on widespread real estate fraud and bribery in the southern resort town of Marbella.
A few, like Mr. Schoenfeld and Mr. Field, go as far as buying a place back and moving back in, a practice that may become more widespread as real estate prices sink lower.
As well, the area's relative lack of mass transportation has discouraged widespread residential development, real estate experts said.
More than luck, it was the widespread availability of real estate information on the Internet that helped the Hus.
The New York attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, has subpoenaed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as he expands his investigation into what he calls "widespread" collusion between real estate appraisers and lenders, including Washington Mutual, to inflate home values.
The rapid price increases have been caused by the low mortgage rates, immigration, the aging of the population, and a widespread feeling that real estate is the new can't-miss investment, among other factors.
E1 BUSINESS DAY C1-16 Houses Remain Affordable Despite a widespread sense that real estate has never been more expensive, families in the vast majority of locations around the county can still buy a house for a smaller share of their income than they could have a generation ago, according to an analysis by Moody's Economy.com, a research company.
The notorious latifundia, the extensive consolidated estates, were not widespread.
