The Department of Justice has made its first foray into the growing number of lawsuits regarding real estate commissions by asking a federal judge in Boston to reject a consumer settlement between a group of home sellers and a multiple listing service. Reuters is...
The MBA chief’s calling out the Biden administration’s housing policies, the Toronto mayor’s contemptuous defense of a massive residential property tax and an unlikely setting for weddings. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for...
Clever Real Estate has launched Clever Title, a title and escrow company. According to the St. Louis-based company, Clever Title’s online portal offers real-time tracking, online document storage, and full digital encryption. Tony Chahal, formerly senior vice...
California existing home sales reached their highest level in six months during January, according to new data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR). Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted...
Single‐family housing starts in January were at a rate of 1.004 million, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 4.7% below the revised December figure of 1.054 million. Privately‐owned housing...
The New York City Transit Authority has filed a lawsuit against Westfield Corp. to prevent it from terminating its operations at the lower Manhattan commuter hub Fulton Center less than halfway into its 20-year lease. Fulton Center currently has 68 retail tenants....
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 10-14
