NAR’s image problems, the Chicago mayor’s learning curve and political tumult in Canada. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Dec. 16-20. Miss: Welcome to Spin City. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has...
Canada’s home sales during November were up 2.8% from the prior month and up 26% from one year earlier, according to data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Last month’s sales are now a cumulative 18.4% above where they were in May, just before the Bank...
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), the national industry association representing Canadian private home, auto and business insurers, has blamed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s for failing to protect property owners from climate-related disasters during 2024....
Canada’s Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser has decided that he will not run in next year’s federal election, creating a new vacancy in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. CTV News reported that two unnamed “senior federal government sources” claimed Fraser is...
A London real estate brokerage is calling attention to its listings by featuring the Grinch in its property photographs. The New York Post reports Legacy Property Consultants is standing out from their competitors with property photographs that include one of their...
Real estate funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has paid $2.6 billion to acquire Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, a 2.4 million-square-foot mixed-use property, from affiliates of Seibu Holdings. The transaction is the largest real estate investment by a foreign...
MBA’S BROEKSMIT EXPRESSES ‘SIGNIFICANT CONCERN’ OVER PAUSING FORECLOSURES ON VA-GUARANTEED LOANS. Learn more at https://wrenews.com/mbas-broeksmit-expresses-significant-concern-over-pausing-foreclosures-on-va-guaranteed-loans/