Is Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking to reclaim his nation’s one-time colony of Alaska? A vaguely worded Kremlin decree might be considered as an attempt to launch the largest real estate transaction of the 21st century, although the State Department...
Consolidated Analytics Inc. (CA), a provider of technology-driven solutions for the mortgage industry, has acquired Real Info Inc., a provider of property data and valuation technology solutions. The financial terms of the deal were not released. According to the...
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has accused the Biden administration of using the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) as part of its re-election efforts to win the support of the housing industry. In an editorial titled “Biden’s New Gift to the Housing...
Another cockamamie broker commission lawsuit, an accounting giant exiting its namesake building and Alec Baldwin’s unlikely home selling strategy. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of Jan. 15-19. Miss:...
Another lawsuit aimed at how real estate professionals earn their commissions was filed this week in Los Angeles. The new case was filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by Gael Fierro and Patrick Thurber, two home sellers who named the National...
Atlanta Federal Reserve President and CEO Raphael Bostic predicted the central bank’s policymaking Federal Open Market Committee could begin to cut rates in the third quarter or even earlier. In prepared remarks published ahead of an appearance before an Atlanta...