Ten Questions to Ask Before Accepting an Expropriation Assignment
By Augusto B. Agosto, REA, REC, REB, EnP, JD This morning, a newly licensed appraiser asked me a question: “How do I start an expropriation apprais...
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Easement Right of Way: Who Captures the Value Created by Property Rights?
Property Rights, Access, and the Allocation of Economic Benefits By Augusto B. Agosto, REA, REC, REB, EnP, JD In a previous article, I discussed ho...
Read ArticleWhen an Easement Right-of-Way Creates Millions in Value: The Hidden Power of Property Rights
Most people think property value comes from land area, location, or improvements. While these factors are important, one of the most overlooked dri...
Read ArticleExpropriation and Just Compensation: Between Individual Rights and Social Function
Expropriation is often discussed as a procedural mechanism through which the government acquires private property for roads, bridges, transmission ...
Read ArticlePolice Power or Eminent Domain? Lessons from Banco de Oro v. South Rich Acres
One of the recurring constitutional tensions in land use regulation and infrastructure development is the blurred line between police power and emi...
Read ArticleRTC Cannot Decide Contractual Condo Disputes Reserved for HLURB/HSAC
Case Alert | Cadungog v. Jung In the recent case of, the Supreme Court clarified an important jurisdictional distinction involving condominium disp...
Read ArticleWhen Freedom of Contract Yields: Article 1306, Public Markets, and the Lessons from Baguio
The withdrawal of SM Prime Holdings from the proposed public market redevelopment in Baguio City has often been framed as a failed deal or a breakd...
Read Article36 Years Later: Why Association of Small Landowners v. Secretary of Agrarian Reform Matters?
It has been more than three decades since the Supreme Court decided Association of Small Landowners in the Philippines, Inc. v. Secretary of Agrari...
Read ArticleClarifying “Market Value” in the Supreme Court’s Pasay–Arellano Decision Post
The Supreme Court of the Philippines recently released a press statement. It is titled “SC: Just compensation in land expropriation must consider a...
Read ArticleLegal Brief in Real Estate
By: AB Agosto, JD When an earthquake caused the collapse of the Ruby Tower in Manila in 1968, the tragedy raised a profound legal question: could t...
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