Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed a bill into law that will provide an easier and cost-effective way to establish that an owner’s mobile home is affixed to his or her real property. The law amends the Mobile Home Commission Act to prescribe a p…
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A new law allows landlords the option to offer a higher referral fee to those who bring in new tenants. House Bill 4693, which was recently signed into law, amends the Michigan Occupational Code to increase the maximum amount of a referral fee that m…
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Real property owners in Michigan may wonder what impact COVID-19 has had on their property tax assessments. According to the Tax Policy Center, past pandemics have caused housing prices to decline, although not to the same low as income and sales tax…
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A law, signed into effect in October of 2020, amends the Commercial Rehabilitation Act and the Commercial Redevelopment Act so that the granting of property tax abatements for qualified businesses continues through Dec. 31, 2025. Commercial Rehabilit…
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To help borrowers at risk of losing their home due to the coronavirus national emergency, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) has extended the moratoriums on single-family foreclosures…
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Without notice to preserve your interests, real property owners in Michigan may find their rights extinguished and titles lost simply by the passage of time.
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On June 15, 2017 the Governor signed House Bill 4532 into law as Public Act 54 of 2017. This law is made effective as of June 15, 2017 and provides that Register of Deeds shall no longer require documents submitted for recording to identify the marit…
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