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The law requires that an agreement for sale and purchase of Bermuda land is in writing. Typically a seller and buyer agree a transaction “in principle”. The seller will market at a particular price and the buyer will make an offer, whether or not at ...

The Government has pushed back at allegations that it is rubber-stamping the development of environmentally sensitive land, insisting that safeguards are in place to ensure the public is consulted on any development before the bulldozers move in. In ...

The “desecration” of Bermuda’s environment will continue unless there is a huge public outcry to stop development of green spaces, according to the Bermuda National Trust. The comments came after work started to clear a site on Harrington Sound Road ...

A land row between private estate neighbours is playing out in court where the husband of a former premier claimed trees were removed from his property without permission. Samuel Andrew Banks is seeking a permanent injunction to restrain Simon and De...

Planners will have greater flexibility when considering development applications in the north east of Hamilton under legislation passed in the House of Assembly today. The North East Hamilton Local Plan will realise the area’s “sustainable economic p...

Parliamentarians will return to the House of Assembly today when legislation is expected to be tabled to enshrine government support for the Fairmont Southampton redevelopment. The Fairmont Southampton Hotel Act 2022 is listed for tabling before MPs,...

Resort owners have confirmed that residential units are planned for land surrounding the Fairmont Southampton hotel. Gencom, a Miami-based investment firm, added that the construction of villas was not expected to start until after the completion of ...

A hearing into the legality of a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of land grabs will be held in the summer. The hearing was ordered after Raymond Davis, also known as Khalid Wasi, and Myron Piper, asked for a judicial review of the commission i...

A law firm yesterday asked a court to waive legal privilege in a dispute over an $18 million loan for a hotel development that was never paid back. The move came after Mexico Infrastructure Finance, who provided the cash to jump-start the Par la Vill...

A secluded site on a wooded hilltop with a controversial development history is in line for a residential development. But a spokesman for the developer of the 21-acre site on White Crest Hill in Hamilton Parish highlighted that plans for 13 resident...

Residents of St David’s and visitors to the island have appealed for a supermarket to fill a major gap in the area. Almost a fifth of people who responded to a survey about the area said that the lack of somewhere to buy groceries was their biggest ...

Ten thousand more square feet of business space will be coming to western Hamilton thanks to a new construction project at Butterfield & Vallis. Company CEO Spencer Butterfield said they were “reinvesting in Bermuda” with the new building being const...