Four real estate investors were sentenced for coordinating a multi-year conspiracy that fraudulently obtained multimillion-dollar loans on commercial and multifamily properties. Aron Puretz and his son, Chaim “Eli” Puretz, both of New Jersey, were sentenced to prison...
The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to both property owners and real estate agents regarding what it dubbed “a steady increase in reports of quit claim deed fraud” across New England. The FBI noted that 58,141 victims...
A slowing of refinance activity drove down the level of mortgage applications for the week ending March 28, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 1.6%...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has called on Congress to address federal regulations that is blames for exacerbating the affordable housing shortage by raising costs of construction. In testimony before a hearing of the House Small Business...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to a request by Senate Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to investigate cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) fair housing program workforce. “I am pleased to announce that the...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to make a rare public appearance at an Australian real estate conference next month. The Guardian reports Harris will participate in an on-stage conversation during the Australasian Real Estate Conference in Gold Coast,...
