The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it will continue its supervision of financial institutions on a limited basis in 2026, a reversal from efforts by the Trump administration to shut it down. Reuters reports that although the agency’s staffing...
The beleaguered San Francisco Centre, a once-grand shopping center that hosted 200 retail stores prior to the pandemic but is only now 9% occupied, is now pushing to remove its remaining tenants. The San Francisco Business Times reports two stores still at the site,...
Colin Fitzgibbons, president of Dallas-based Hunt Realty Investments LLC and a prominent figure in the North Texas commercial real estate industry, has died at age 46. The cause of death was not announced. According to the Dallas News, Fitzgibbons had been combating...
Brixmor Property Group Inc. (NYSE: BRX), a New York City-based real estate investment trust with a national portfolio of open-air shopping centers, announced that CEO James M. Taylor Jr. will retire effective Jan. 1, 2026. Brian T. Finnegan, the company’s...
A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James on alleged mortgage fraud, stating the prosecutor in the case was unlawfully appointed. The Hill reports US District Judge Cameron Currie, a Clinton...
Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) President and CEO Bob Broeksmit is calling for a federal investigation into recent price increases for credit reporting products. In a post on LinkedIn, Broeksmit stated, “I was hoping it was April Fool’s Day, but it feels more like...
