Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy real estate, including in the form of a house and the land it sits on, it's your private property to do with as you ...

An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

Sometimes utility companies show up and enter properties, and it makes the homeowners wonder: “Can someone actually run a utility line through here?” Or in shared driveway situations, sometimes one ...

Homeowners are often warned to brace for the unexpected. After all, you could purchase a home that passes its inspection with flying colors only to face a costly repair a few months down the road.

Question: I purchased a property with a shared driveway easement with my neighbor. What is an easement, and how do I allocate costs of maintaining and repairing the driveway with my neighbor? Do I ...

Property rights known as easements may benefit or burden a business. Most easements give the easement holder the legal right to use real property owned by another party for a limited purpose. A ...

Answer: These are two aspects of your property that you can’t access visually. Both easements and setbacks are defined by some sort of regulation or legal document. An easement is a legal conditional ...

Q: My next-door neighbor and I are in a dispute over an easement on my property and we are stuck. My neighbor suggested we ...

What is an easement? Sure, it has the word "ease" in it, but most home buyers don't find it easy to understand. (See what we did there?) The term often crops up after buyers have made an offer on a ...

You and your neighbors habitually cut across another neighbor’s yard as a shortcut between intersecting public streets. The yard owner, angered, erects a barrier to stop you. Do you have any legal ...

Editor's note: This is the latest in a series of monthly columns that addresses readers' questions on legal topics. Please send your questions to Ask the Experts, Plus Papers, The Republican, P.O. Box ...