ALTA Land Survey for Properties With Split Mineral Estates
Some property comes with a detail you can’t see by walking the land. The person who owns the surface may not own the minerals below it. When those two interests belong to different owners, the property has a split mineral estate. For a buyer, lender, developer or title professional, that split changes what you need […]
ALTA Survey Requests Are Growing Around Redevelopment Corridors
A few years back, a survey crew might spend a slow Tuesday on a quiet lot. No cranes. No fence covered in permit notices. Just an old warehouse and a rusted gate. That same lot today probably has three trucks parked outside and a rezoning sign zip-tied to the chain-link. This is happening block by […]
Why You SHOULD Have a Land Survey Completed Before Purchasing Land?
Buying land, whether commercial or residential, is always an expensive endeavor, even if prices have eased somewhat lately. This is why finding a piece of land that you like and making an offer for it without conducting a land survey on the area is possibly the biggest mistake that you can make. Here’s why it’s […]