[Durham INC] Homes sold in Durham minus mineral rights -- Fracking to come?

[Melissa Rooney]

Perhaps we can have a resolution asking the city and county to require that the advertisements/listings/handouts/etc. explicitly state when any real-estate is to be sold without mineral rights (or any other rights associated with the land (to the mantle) and the space (to the sky)). 

Is there state or federal legislation prohibiting such a requirement?

Melissa


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This, as far as I know, is limited to DR Horton homes (builder out of TX).  But, as a real estate agent, this was news to me, too!  The disclosure is certainly not in advertisement.  I would like to see this stopped in future—somehow.
 
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Subject: Re: [Durham INC] Homes sold in Durham minus mineral rights -- Fracking to come?
 
Melissa, 
 Is this not being disclosed to buyers? Are we now going to have to purchase mineral rights separately from land/home? Could cities or counties prohibit this? 

Sent from my iPhone. Take typos and autocorrect errors lightly please. 

On Apr 10, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com> wrote:
This really worries me, so I wanted to share the info with those who I know care about what goes on beyond their personal property lines:
> 
>Currently, houses in Durham are being sold minus the mineral rights ... this is scary wrt the possibility of Fracking and who knows what else.
> 
>See the links below. And please keep your eyes open for any information pertaining to Fracking and Mineral Rights in Durham. We will likely need to make our elected officials well aware of the hazards for our county. 
>
>Does a Developer Sale of Mineral Rights to an Energy Company Foreshadow
>Fracking
>
>http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/does-a-developers-sale-of-mineral-rights-to%20-an-energy-company-foreshadow-fracking/Content?oid=2970445 
>
>
>It is also in the Herald Sun:
>
>Builder sells homes without mineral rights. It was when he was 
>finalizing the purchase of his new home in Durham last month that 
>Danny Conyers first heard the words "mineral rights" brought up. [You 
>may need to register to view this article.] 
>http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/18181034/article-Builder-sells-home s-without-mineral-rights 
>
>Here is a link to a video about  Fracking in NC (by Durham resident Tina Motley Pearson for Clean Water for NC):
>
>Fracking for Natural Gas in NC...  Can it Happen Here?
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsrVF-DVFz4
> 
>--Melissa (Rooney)
> 
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