A prison inmate serving time for running a Ponzi scheme has been charged with managing a $10 million nationwide real estate fraud scheme while he was incarcerated. According to court documents, Seth Adam Depiano of Clovis, California, was sentenced in 2018 to more...
In the wake of the ongoing wildfires crisis, State Farm has temporarily halted its homeowner non-renewal policies in Los Angeles County. USA Today reports this reversal of corporate strategy will only apply to residents whose policies had not lapsed by Jan. 7, when...
California closed 2024 with the largest year-over-year spike in home sales since June 2021, according to data released by the California Association of Realtors (CAR). Last month, California recorded a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 268,180 closed escrow sales...
The Appraisal Foundation is seeking qualified candidates to fill three to four public interest positions on its board of trustees. All three terms begin on Jan. 1, 2026, with one term running for three years and the others spanning four years. One term is a three-year...
New leaders for the FHFA and HUD, the status quo at the CFPB and State Farm staying out of the TV spotlight. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Jan. 13-17. Hit: The Right Man for the Job. Perhaps the most...
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is charging a homeowners association with violating the Fair Housing Act by allegedly creating rules designed to prevent Black residents from using housing choice vouchers within the master planned community of...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 27-May 1
