Lay offs hit Freshfields' real estate team last week and, although the firm denied that other departments would follow suit, it seems associates shouldn't be putting their brown trousers away just yet.

Q: Dear Benny: I own a home that I bought approximately three years ago. I was going through my paperwork and realized that my initial appraisal was done on the house and indicated that it contained five acres. However, I bought only 2.5 acres. It apprais

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office is conducting an investigation into the county’s appraisal office, but details were not being released at press time.

HOPE MILLS, N.C. | After 25 years as a doorman on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Carl Petrone was ready to retire from the cold winters and his daily commute.

PARKSLEY -- Accomack County officials scrambled this week to respond to the question of whether Accomack County residents should pay their real-estate taxes in the wake of a rare appeal of the order that sets the tax levy for next year.