Any information beyond the number of people is government snooping.

So your "equity" to the lender will be governed by what you purchase it for.Equity is in the eye of the beholder and banks don't value security interest that is obtained by subtracting the purchase price from the appraised value.

(The Northern European countries do have an excellent record when it comes to social freedoms, though.)

Or more appropriately, maybe the socialist government in Oregon or Kaleefornia (wherever this happened) should have known ahead of time.

Using a sign to advertise an open-house is usually governed by local policy.

Say the government needs the property for a highway, sewer line or whatever.

At the risk of this turning into a political diatribe I also wanted to point out that the government can change the depreciation expense laws on buildings in the future as well.

Areas with economics of living like this indicate local governance that, for lack of a better term, has their sh-- together.

It seems our government is at a stand still, but what can I say, "its complicated"...

Actually it seems that the government is not doing much to inform effected property owners.While I couldn't see myself doing this, I certainly don't see anything wrong with it.