Martin Gruenberg has announced he will resign as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) following an investigation that determined the agency encouraged a workplace environment of sexual harassment, discrimination and bullying. In an internal email...
A 75-year-old widow in Florida who was forced to cancel the sale contract for her home after she broke her leg and was unable to move faced a demand from her real estate broker for the $23,000 sales commission on the terminated deal. According to a report by WFTS ABC...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Earlier this month, Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill stated the reason that rents were so high in his country was not because of elevated interest rates, but because of “quite large increases in immigration” – net migration broke a record in...
Two in five (39.7%) new mortgages issued in 2023 went to homebuyers under the age of 35, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). During 2013, more than one-quarter (26.5%) of buyers were between the ages of 35 and 44, while those between 45 and 54 accounted...
Pennsylvania’s median home sales price broke a new record in April at $280,000, up nearly 25% from March and up 7.6% from one year earlier, according to data from the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors (PAR). As prices soared so did sales. Last month, Pennsylvania’s...
Fraud and forgery claims represent 21% of the total dollars spent by title insurers on claims expense and losses, with an average claim cost of over $143,000, according to data released by the American Land Title Association (ALTA). A new independent analysis...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 8-12
