Recent Examples on the WebOftentimes, after getting rejected, the developer goes back to the landowner and asks for a better price to buy the property to make their numbers work, because it was overvalued at the start.—Christine Wen, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024 Once sold, Needham will split the finder’s fee with the landowner.—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024 Breuer met with the landowner’s daughter in hopes of convincing the family to preserve the space.—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 Grand designs When construction began in April 2013, neighbors thought the landowners were building a church.—Jennifer Mazi, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024 Each year, The Land Report documents the biggest landowners in America.—USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024 Case is now the state’s second-largest billionaire landowner with 57,400 acres, including his 35,170-acre Grove Farm on Kauai, which leases out land for sustainable development projects.—Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024 Attorneys and others who work to help landowners gain clear title to their land say that for decades, countless Black property owners simply passed their land on to heirs through word of mouth.—Patrice Gaines, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024 Crawley accessed a slave schedule compiled by landowner Thomas Taylor Stark in the mid-1800s.—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
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