Possibly due to the many school shootings in the past few years, Michigan’s Portage Schools are getting 600, 000 dollars worth of new security systems. They, like many schools, are taking advantage of the summer months to work on these projects while kids are out. They are doing this work so that staff at the […]
In past blogs we have highlighted recent case law in Montana and Nevada that permitted priority to construction liens where visible work was performed on a property prior to the issuance of a construction loan. In this blog, we’ll take a look at another State’s rules on priorities of liens where work was performed before […]
According to the Home Builders Association of Greater Grand Rapids, a contractor who provided a substantial amount of improvements to a church construction job lost his lien rights due to a late sworn statement. The sworn statement was provided after the start of litigation rather than before the engagement of litigation, which is stated in the requirements […]
Today it was reported that the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Index rose 0.3 percent in January from December, seasonally adjusted. This marks the index’s eighth consecutive monthly increase. But the news was not all good. Seasonal adjustment of data lifts the numbers in the winter months, when the number of home sales is usually much less than the […]
