The head of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of being both “politically motivated” and ignorant regarding the closing costs process in homebuying. On Friday, the CFPB published a blog...
Forewarn LLC, a provider of real-time information solutions for real estate agents, announced that the Austin Board of Realtors (ABOR) will offer its client identification services to the more than 16,000 members it serves across 18 counties in Central Texas....
The real estate crowdfunding firm Neighborhood Ventures has launched the Arizona Multifamily Opportunistic Fund, which is designed offer investments in Arizona multifamily commercial properties that Neighborhood Ventures estimates are selling at a distressed rate of...
Two property-focused data solutions providers, LandGate and CoreLogic, have announced a new strategic alliance. LandGate serves as a site sourcing platform for renewable energy and carbon developers, providing proprietary indexes and online software that evaluate...
A historic church in Midtown Manhattan has agreed to sell at least 150,000 square feet of its air rights to a partnership led by hedge fund executive Ken Griffin. St. Bartholomew’s Church at 325 Park Ave. has entered into the transaction with Griffin, Rudin Management...
Newmark Group Inc. (NASDAQ:NMRK) has established an office in Paris. The office, which opens today, will initially focus on capital markets and leasing. Alexandre Gotti, Newmark’s president of France, will oversee operations, strategic direction, growth and...