The ability to acquire cheap, fertile land drove much of American history. Ordinary people — many of them recent immigrants — could obtain land on which to sustain families with very little more than ...

Fee simple absolute is a type of property ownership that grants the owner full rights to use, sell, lease, or transfer the property without restrictions. It remains in effect indefinitely unless ...

Fee simple is a term used in real estate to describe when an owner has complete legal ownership over a designated area of land and all properties that sit on that land. This is the highest form of ...

Two recent court decisions have brought renewed attention to the question of whether Aboriginal title can apply to privately owned (or “fee simple”) land. These cases provide different answers to this ...

The 33,411-square-foot pie-shaped parcel at 75-5663 Palani Road is on resort-zoned land across from the leasehold Courtyard by Marriott King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel, which Blackstone acquired in ...

Feb. 6—Former firefighter Byron Jiro Kaneshiro has been running the BHL Farm on leased land in Waimanalo for about five years but has long dreamed of creating a fee-simple legacy that he can leave to ...

Understanding fee simple ownership is important when buying, selling, or investing in real estate. It is a common and comprehensive form of property ownership, granting full control and rights, ...