An unexpected exit from NAR’s leadership, a pushback to a controversial verdict and loan modification victims getting minimal justice. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of Jan. 8-12. Miss: An Abrupt Departure. The...
The Conservative politician who’s trying to take down Justin Trudeau said that if he’s elected, he would link Canada’s immigration levels to the number of homes being built. Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, pledged that if became prime...
Real estate investor and social media personality Grant Cardone has filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against former T-Mobile CEO John Legere for calling him a “con man” and a “bulls**t artist.” According to a New York Post report, Cardone filed a lawsuit in...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is disbursing more than $1.2 million in refunds to borrowers who lost money to Consumer Defense, a fraudulent mortgage modification scheme. The FTC is sending payments to 6,261 consumers who will each receive $201.34. The agency...
The City of Huntington Beach, California, is pressing ahead in a legal challenge against the state’s housing mandates. The Los Angeles Times reported the city filed an appeal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday seeking a reversal of a November decision...
LightBox, an Irvine, California-based provider of commercial real estate information, is pleased to announce the addition of Manus Clancy to its senior management team. Clancy comes to LightBox from Trepp Inc., where he was senior managing director of applied data and...
New Data Reports Find Mixed Results in April Home Price Activity
