The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is now offering an online risk analysis tool designed to offer geographic estimates for physical risks from natural disasters along with nationwide data on housing and the mortgage market. The new Mortgage Loan and Natural...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The other day, I saw a headline from a Connecticut newspaper that declared: “TikTok star Nara Smith, model Lucky Blue Smith go house hunting in CT.” And my reaction to the headline was: “Who and who?” We don’t do a great deal of celebrity-related...
The commission changes were expected to occur with the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) historic settlement have not come to pass in many markets, according to a new report by Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN). The new report, which is based on interviews with dozens...
The residence that was the first commission for Frank Lloyd Wright as an independent architect has been listed for $1.985 million. Mansion Global reported The Winslow House, which the 26-year-old Wright designed in the Chicago suburb of River Forest, Illinois, was...
The multiple levels of illegal immigration’s effects on housing and a 1,700-page report on a deadly building fire are part of this week’s Hits and Misses. Miss: Saying It Ain’t So. Colorado officials owe the public a huge apology for their incompetent handling...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have provided illegal immigrants with access to a state-run homebuyers’ assistance program. In a statement to the California Assembly, the governor declared, “I am returning Assembly Bill 1840 without my...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 27-May 1
