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Governor Strickland Signs H.B. 292 Banning Private Transfer Fees
by Robert Franco | 2010/06/15

Yesterday afternoon, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland signed H.B. 292 banning private transfer fee covenants. Private transfer fee covenants are recorded with the covenants, conditions and restriction to real property that purport to require the payment of a one-percent fee, usually to the developer, every time a home sells for 99 years.

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Ohio Senate Votes To Ban Private Transfer Fees, 32-0
by Robert Franco | 2010/05/31

A private transfer fee is a covenant that crafty developers could use to require every future owner of a lot in a subdivision to pay the original developer a 1% fee every time the home sells. Developers argue that this could provide capital for them to continue developing in a turbulent market where they can't get traditional financing. The Ohio legislature has determined that this would be damaging to the real estate market and, thus, is working on getting them banned in Ohio.

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December 8, 2010: Attorney Franco will be teaching Real Estate Law at North Central State College this winter quarter.

June 15, 2010: Attorney Franco was quoted in the Columbus Dispatch: Ohio outlaws real-estate transfer fee that would have benefited developers.

May 18, 2010: Attorney Franco earned his LL.M. (Master of Laws) degree in Business and Taxation from Capital University Law School.

April 16, 2010: Attorney Franco was quoted in CommonWealth Magazine: Private developers ape BRA controversial resale fees.

March 6, 2010: Attorney Franco was quoted in the Washington Post:
A new real estate cost to watch out for: Developer's private transfer fee.