Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 31-Sept. 4

by Phil Hall | Sep 4, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Hits and Misses, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Newly piqued interest in 3D-printed homes, a royal residence available for lease, and a group of Pennsylvania nuns building their own monastery. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 4. Hit: A Few...

2 California Real Estate Investment Executives Charged with Running a Ponzi Scheme

by Phil Hall | Sep 4, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Two executives from a now-shuttered California-based real estate investment and finance group have been charged with operating a $103 million Ponzi-style fraud scheme. Mark Hanf was the founder and CEO of Pacific Private Money and Nam Phan was the company’s chief...

Trump Tells Fed to Cut Rates or He’ll Cease Trade with Some Countries

by Phil Hall | Sep 4, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

President Trump has opened his first assault on the Federal Reserve under the chairmanship of Kevin Warsh by threatening to stop trade with some countries if the central bank refuses to lower rates. In a post on Truth Social, the president hailed a...

Bamboo Insurance Debuts Texas Essential Homeowner Program

by Phil Hall | Sep 4, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Midvale, Utah-based Bamboo Insurance has unveiled its Texas Essential Homeowner Program, a new product designed to give Texas homeowners greater flexibility in how they structure their coverage. According to the company, the new product enables Texas policyholders to...

FHFA’s Pulte: ‘We Are Seriously Considering Bi-Merge’

by Phil Hall | Sep 4, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), has announced new and planned updates to the credit rating system. In a series of tweets on his personal X account, Pulte took aim at the three major credit bureaus while continuing his...