Lawsuit Filed to Stop San Francisco’s Family Zoning Plan to Build New Housing Developments

by Phil Hall | Jan 12, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A coalition of San Francisco neighborhood, business and civic organizations has filed a lawsuit against the city to block the new Family Zoning Plan that seeks to build taller and denser housing developments in the city’s north and west sides. The plan, also known as...

CFPB’s Vought Puts in Request for Fed to Fund the Agency

by Phil Hall | Jan 12, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Russ Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), complied with a court order to request $145 million from the Federal Reserve to fund the agency. In late December, US District Judge Amy Berman, an Obama appointee, decreed the CFPB...

White House Dropping Plans for 50-Year Mortgage

by Phil Hall | Jan 12, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The Trump administration is dropping its efforts to push for 50-year mortgages as a strategy to encourage affordable homeownership. In November, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte encouraged President Trump to float the idea for the 50-year mortgage....

LA Rams Owner Sues Over Planned Billboards Near His Stadium

by Phil Hall | Jan 12, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The owner of the Los Angeles Rams has filed a lawsuit against the City of Inglewood, California, for planning to allow digital billboards to go up near SoFi Stadium, claiming it would create “ambush marketing” around his $5.5 billion complex. Last April, Inglewood...

Michael Case Named President at Kipling Group

by Phil Hall | Jan 12, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, International Real Estate News, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Kipling Group, a Toronto-headquartered commercial, industrial, and residential property management firm, announced the appointment of Michael Case as president. Kipling joined Kipling Group in 2024 as chief operating officer, and he will retain that position. He was...