Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted of 16 corruption charges in an impeachment trial related to claims that he went to criminal lengths to help a real estate developer under FBI investigation. According to an Associated Press report, Paxton was acquitted...
A movie legend’s home saved from demolition (for now), a new TV series inspired by an Instagram page and a greater understanding of pain caused from housing costs. From the wild and woolly world of real estate, here are the hits and misses for this week. Hit:...
There is a surplus of second thoughts and cold feet in the housing market: Nearly 60,000 home purchase agreements were canceled in August, which is equal to 15.7% of homes that went under contract that month. According to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN), August’s...
Umpqua Bank, the Lake Oswego, Oregon-headquartered subsidiary of Columbia Banking System Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB), announced the appointment of Nicole Bascomb-Green as head of community lending. In her new job, Bascomb-Green will be responsible for the management of the...
MyPerfectMortgage.com, a mortgage and real estate information resource, has published a list of lenders in nearly every state that offer home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) up to 100% of the home’s value. The list comes at a time when elevated interest rates...