News & Notes
DO NOT FEAR, REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIZATION IS HERE!
Date 03-26-2020It’s two days before closing simultaneous real estate transactions. You’re finally moving up from that townhouse into a single-family home. You travel all over the world for work and now, you’re in Budapest finishing up a project, when you find out that, due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), International travel has been suspended. You cannot […]
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NATIONAL MAKE A WILL MONTH
Date 08-13-2019Did you know that it’s National Make a Will Month? We recently watched a Today Show feature that shared the importance of having an estate plan. Unfortunately, the Today Show failed to share some very important aspects of estate planning and creating a will. Instead of recommending an estate planning attorney, they directed their viewers […]
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Florida Expands Documentary Stamp Tax Newlywed Exemption to All Married Persons
Date 06-26-2019Florida Expands Documentary Stamp Tax Newlywed Exemption to All Married Persons QUICK RUNDOWN: On July 1, 2018, the documentary stamp tax statute amendments became effective. This amendment created a new exemption from documentary stamp taxes for certain instruments (i.e., deeds) that transfer encumbered (a/k/a properties with mortgages) homestead property between newlywed spouses within the first […]
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Exemptions for Florida (Broward) Residential Real Estate 2019
Date 03-07-2019It is time to, “File Now for the 2019 Senior Exemption” Property owners who are 65 years or older may qualify for an additional exemption on their Homesteaded property. This additional exemption – which applies only to the county’s portion of the taxes and city taxes for residents of cities that have adopted this exemption […]
Read More2108 Property Tax Bills Are in the Mail
Date 11-05-2018While Khani & Auerbach practices real estate law beyond the tri-county area, we thought it might be beneficial for us to share this very useful information we received from the Broward County Property Appraiser’s office for our Broward County clients. We hope you find the information beneficial. Broward County Mails the 2018 Property Tax Bills […]
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