Massachusetts to Study Building Code Change to Enable More Housing Construction

by Phil Hall | Feb 13, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate Investing, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has issued an executive order to study allowing single stair construction in some residential buildings, with the goal of changing the state’s building code to increase housing production and lower costs. The state’s building code...

Grassroots Utah Group Quits Effort to Overturn Property Tax Hike

by Phil Hall | Feb 13, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A grassroots effort to overturn the 14.65% property tax hike approved last December for Utah’s Salt Lake County has failed. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the group Ax the Tax sought to collect petition signatures that would have placed the property tax overturn on...

Winnipeg Shopping Center Sells for $160.5 Million

by Phil Hall | Feb 13, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, International Real Estate News, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The real estate investment and development firm Leyad has acquired St. Vital Centre, the Winnipeg shopping center, for $160.5 million. St. Vital Centre encompasses approximately 1 million square feet of gross leasable area and features 160 retailers. It attracts 8...

Sen. Tillis Rebuffs Effort to Lift His Opposition to Kevin Warsh as Next Fed Chairman

by Phil Hall | Feb 13, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), has reiterated he will not support Kevin Warsh’s appointment to become the next Federal Reserve chairman despite an effort by the White House to break down the senator’s insistence that the resolution of a criminal investigation into Fed...

Rick Seehausen Named President of Lenders One

by Phil Hall | Feb 13, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Altisource Portfolio Solutions (NASDAQ: ASPS), announced the appointment of Rick Seehausen as president of its Lenders One subsidiary. Lenders One is a national alliance of independent mortgage bankers, banks, and credit unions. Seehausen most recently served as...