A Phil Hall Op-Ed: This weekend, there was a surplus amount of news reports about San Francisco’s preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which will include a high-stakes meeting between President Biden and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping....
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: I just did a Google News search for the phrase “real estate” and I came up with a remarkable collection of headlines from major news outlets. These headlines and their sources included the following: “After a $1.8 billion verdict, the clock is...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Over the weekend, social media was aflutter with a posting by the Beverly Hills real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, who has 1.3 million Instagram followers. While Hadid is highly respected in the real estate world, a lot of his social media...
Years ago, when I was working for the American Bankers Association’s monthly magazine, a vendor company serving the financial services industry sent a fencing foil to our office as a promotional gift. My boss received the gift and spent much of the day running...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Earlier this morning, the Biden administration issued a lengthy statement under the heading “White House Announces New Actions on Homeownership.” This was something peculiar, considering the White House has barely issued any actions on homeownership...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: In concept, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the federal agency whose primary focus concerns the needs of current and potential homeowners and rental housing tenants. However, another federal agency is getting into the...
