The housing recovery keeps getting postponed. A fresh Reuters survey of property analysts shows forecasters raising their mortgage-rate expectations again, with borrowing costs now expected to decline only modestly from current levels. The shift comes as the 10-year...
Seller impersonation fraud is no longer a fringe risk concentrated in vacant-land transactions. A new title-industry study shows attempts have become substantially more common, targets are broadening and criminals are increasingly using spoofed communications and...
Compass is formalizing its international ambitions without turning itself into a global brokerage. The company on Sept. 14 launched the Compass Global Division, an internal network designed to connect U.S.-based clients with vetted real estate professionals for...
First American Title is expanding its property-monitoring service beyond customers who close directly with the company, giving participating independent title agents a new way to alert eligible homeowners to suspicious deeds, liens and property listings after closing....
A former Florida attorney who owned a title company has pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in a real estate scheme that federal prosecutors say exploited private lenders, mortgage lenders, escrow accounts and title-insurance representations. Michael Saracco,...
Airbnb is putting $250 million behind a new effort to get stalled housing developments moving, an unusually direct intervention in the housing-supply debate from a company that has spent years facing criticism over the effect short-term rentals can have on local...
Massachusetts High Court Upholds Transit-Zoning Mandate for 177 Communities
