SBA Issues Guidance to Speed Rebuilding in LA Communities Destroyed by Wildfires

by Phil Hall | Jan 30, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has published a regulatory guidance titled “Addressing State and Local Failures to Rebuild Los Angeles After Wildfire Disasters” that will enable allow builders to self-certify compliance with substantive state and local...

Saks Off 5th to Close Most of its Stores

by Phil Hall | Jan 30, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Saks Global, the parent company of the Saks Fifth Avenue department store chain, it is closing 62 of its 70 Saks Off 5th discount outlets as part of its bankruptcy protection restructuring. The Wall Street Journal reports the stores targeted for closing will begin...

Hanover Bancorp Names New Chief Commercial Real Estate Lending Officer

by Phil Hall | Jan 30, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Hanover Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: HNVR), the Mineola, New York-based bank holding company for Hanover Community Bank, has hired William J. Newham III as executive vice president and chief commercial real estate lending officer. Prior to joining Hanover Bank, Newham was...

Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh to Become Next Federal Reserve Chairman

by Phil Hall | Jan 30, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

President Trump has announced his nomination of Kevin Warsh to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. “I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” said Trump in a...

What Trump’s Investor Policy Could Mean for Real Estate

by Nathan S. Pierce | Jan 30, 2026 | Webinars

Recent remarks from President Trump about limiting large institutional investors in the single-family housing market have sparked a renewed focus on competition for inventory and its impact on affordability. Many investor clients are reassessing strategies—some moving...