Report: CFPB’s Chief Legal Officer to Assume Role of Acting Director

by Phil Hall | Jun 8, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Mark Paoletta, the chief legal officer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has been selected as agency’s deputy director, which puts him in line to succeed Acting Director Russ Vought. According to a Bloomberg report, Vought’s term as acting director...

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 1-5

by Phil Hall | Jun 5, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Bill Pulte gets a new job, a social media-savvy realtor helps a Texas mayor, and a new video on the data center sector racks up hits on YouTube. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of June 1-5. Miss: An Intelligence...

Chicago Bears Vote to Advance New Stadium in Indiana

by Phil Hall | Jun 5, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Chicago Bears have decided to move forward with a plan to relocate from Illinois to Indiana. In a joint statement, Bears Chairman George McCaskey and CEO Kevin Warren declared, “Yesterday, the Chicago Bears Board of Directors met and voted to advance our stadium...

UWM Holdings Makes Renewed Pitch to Two Harbors Stockholders for Merger

by Phil Hall | Jun 5, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

UWM Holdings Corp. (NYSE: UWMC) has issued a new plea to stockholders of Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO) to cancel the company’s planned merger with CrossCountry Mortgage LLC (CCM). In an open letter to Two Harbors stockholders, UWM Corporate Secretary Adam...

Frank Cassidy Steps Down as FHA Commissioner

by Phil Hall | Jun 5, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Frank Cassidy has announced he has stepped down as commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Assistant Secretary for Housing. Cassidy joined the Department of Housing and Urban Development in April 2025 and was confirmed by the Senate as FHA...