USA Property

A federal grand jury has indicted a Maryland man on charges of theft of government property, passport fraud, social security misuse, false statement of citizenship, and making false statements.If convicted, Jorge Echeverri, 73, of Port Tobacco, will face up to 10 years in prison for passport fraud and up to 10 years of theft of government property.According to the indictment, Echeverri, is a Colombian national, and entered the United States illegally in 1972.The indictment says Echeverri has been deported three times, but unlawfully re-entered the United States for a fourth...

A six acre site in George Town is up for sale for US$29.5 million. - Photo: Lands and Survey Department The chance to shape the future of George Town could be yours — if you have a spare US$29.5 million. More than six acres of prime George Town real estate have been put up for sale, giving prospective owners the chance to make their mark on the Cayman Islands’ capital. The land, which is in four parcels along North Church Street and Bodden Road, is being marketed by RE/MAX Cayman...

Prominent Nigerian politicians accused of raiding government coffers in their country have family and corporate links to properties worth millions of dollars in the Carolinas, including a tract in Spartanburg with a $118,282 bill for back taxes and fees, according to records obtained by The Post and Courier’s Uncovered project and an international consortium of journalists.The findings highlight how powerful people from across the world, including some with checkered pasts, sink money into unexpected corners of the United States, including South Carolina. They also come at a pivotal time in the United...

Prominent Nigerian politicians accused of raiding government coffers in their country have family and corporate links to properties worth millions of dollars in the Carolinas, including a tract in Spartanburg with a $118,282 bill for back taxes and fees, according to records obtained by The Post and Courier’s Uncovered project and an international consortium of journalists.The findings highlight how powerful people from across the world, including some with checkered pasts, sink money into unexpected corners of the United States, including South Carolina. They also come at a pivotal time in the United...

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Programme is a US visa programme meant for foreign investors to obtain a Green Card by making a qualifying investment in the United States.Established in 1990, the programme aims to upgrade the US economy by attracting foreign capital as well as creating jobs for American workers.To qualify, investors must invest either $800,000 in a Targeted Employment Area (TEA) or $1.05 million in a non-TEA and create at least 10 full-time jobs for US workers.In recent years, Indian investors have increasingly turned to the EB-5 programme, recognising...

BLACKSTONE secured about US$8 billion in capital commitments for a new real estate debt fund, the latest effort to seize on dislocations in the property market.Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies V can invest around the world with strategies including lending, liquid securities and structured solutions, according to a statement on Friday (Mar 7). The US commercial property market was walloped after the pandemic by the rise in remote work and high interest rates. With banks pulling back from the market, there’s been a financing gap that’s left owners struggling to refinance...

Looking for a one-of-a-kind Cape house? A church dating back nearly 200 years on Cape Cod, Massachusetts has been repurposed as a home, and it's now for sale.The 3,400-square-foot, three-bedroom home in the town of Yarmouth Port was recently listed for sale for $1,990,000, according to the property listing.The home is unique enough to be recently featured on popular Instagram account "Zillow Gone Wild.""I know it (isn't) SUNDAY but this #zgwCHURCHSUNDAYS couldn’t wait because this Yarmouth Port, MA goth revival church built in 1836 has one of "New England’s oldest working organs”...

'Just getting started': Trump speech on DOGE, budget and borderPresident Donald Trump used his remarks before a joint session of Congress to spell out his vision for the next four years.One building in Nebraska is listed among the hundreds of "underutilized" federal properties that could be sold by President Donald Trump’s administration.In a statement released Tuesday, the U.S. General Services Administration announced that it would consider selling more than 440 federal properties, which it calls "non-core assets," saying many are "functionally obsolete and unsuitable for use by our federal workforce."A list of the...

Sky-high property taxes in large metros like New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago are driving retirees out and fueling an internal migration to places where owning a home won’t land you in the poorhouse, a new analysis has found. John Burns Real Estate Consulting has shared a map on LinkedIn showing which U.S. regions have the highest and lowest median property tax rates, based on the most recently available data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The dark red areas on the map show cities and counties with property taxes that amount to over...

One top GOP lawmaker said, 'I think we should caution our members as to the outcomes' if Florida axes property taxes.How well will the Florida Legislature work with Gov. Ron DeSantis?FLORIDA TODAY's John Torres discusses the 2025 legislative session with reporters James Call and John Kennedy in this excerpt fro the Florida Pulse.Florida Republicans are considering phasing out property taxes, a move championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.The proposal faces a significant hurdle: Replacing the $50 billion in revenue property taxes generate for essential services like schools and law enforcement.Critics argue...