A former Calgary realtor who acknowledged running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded dozens of people out of more than $3.5 million has been banned for life from working in Alberta’s real estate industry. The Calgary Herald reports Eric Drinkwater received his permanent...
A total of 9,423 homes were sold statewide in Virginia during August just 15 more than one year before, marking a scant 0.2% uptick. According to data from Virginia Realtors, August also saw 24,606 active listings statewide, a 26.2% surge from last year. Nearly 13,000...
Households that heat their residences with electricity could see a 10.2% increase in their winter heating bills to an average of $1,205 this year, up from $1,093 last winter. According to a forecast from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA),...
Florida recorded 21,798 closed sales of existing single-family homes in August, down 3.9% year-over-year, while existing condo-townhouse sales totaled 7,424, down 6% from one year earlier. According to data from Florida Realtors, new pending sales of single-family...
A California man was sentenced to eight years in prison for coordinating real estate scam in Belize that defrauded hundreds of victims out of approximately $77 million. Newport Beach-based Andris Pukke, who also went by the aliases Marc Romeo and Andy Storm,...
The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding reached $4.88 trillion by the end of the second quarter, an increase of $47.1 billion (1%) from the first quarter, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Multifamily mortgage debt...
