A proposed property tax hike in New York City, a California lawmaker fighting for homeowner insurance rights, and a hotel executive forced out of his job because of a toxic friend. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) renewed its call to exempt building materials from his renewed tariff targeting after the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to reject President Trump’s expanded use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) for...
Bitter wintry weather was blamed for a drop in home sales and prices in Pennsylvania during January, according to data from the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors (PAR). Last month, Pennsylvania home sales decreased to 4,560, down 45% from December and down nearly...
New York State recorded 7,304 closed home sales in January, a 7.5% decline from the 7,893 homes sold one year earlier. According to data from the New York State Association of Realtors, pending home sales were also down last month, falling 5.5% from 6,321 homes under...
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is leading a group of 18 Democratic lawmakers accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of “corruption” for her department’s approval of the merger of Compass Inc. with Anywhere Real Estate. In a letter to Bondi, Warren and her Capitol Hill...
A Florida man was arrested for trying to sell North Carolina farmland that he did not own. Kellie Brian Butler of Orlando forged North Carolina real estate documents – including a “Working with Real Estate Agents Disclosure (For Sellers)” form and an “Exclusive Right...
