Cash purchases accounted for 31.4% of home sales during the first four months of 2026, down from 32.3% in the same period last year, according to data from Realtor.com. While total home sales fell 8.5% year-over-year, the number of cash sales dropped by 11.2% as the...
Utah lawmakers are planning to introduce legislation that would override local zoning rules and allow single-family homes between 1,000 and 1,400 square feet to be built on smaller lots statewide. Building Salt Lake reports Steve Waldrip, senior advisor for housing...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will no longer publish what it describes as “unverified complaint narratives and visualizations” submitted against financial services companies. In a press statement, the agency claimed these...
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to move the FBI’s headquarters across town in Washington, DC, instead of shifting the agency to a Maryland location that was picked in 2023. Reuters reports US District Judge Theodore Chuang, an Obama...
A real estate fraudster who swindled investors out of more than $650 million and then evaded a federal arrest warrant has been added to the FBI’s Most Wanted List. Rey E. Grabato II ran National Realty Investment Advisors (NRIA) LLC, a company that defrauded...
Florida recorded 23,870 closed sales of existing single-family homes during July, up 5.1% year-over-year, while existing condo-townhouse sales totaled 8,194, up 11% from July 2025. According to Florida Realtors Chief Economist Brad O’Connor, July marked the 11th...
