Bayview Asset Management Completes $1.3 Billion Acquisition of Guild Holdings

by Phil Hall | Dec 1, 2025 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Bayview Asset Management, a global investment management firm with approximately $36.1 billion in assets under management, announced that its Bayview MSR Opportunity (U.S.) Master Fund LP, has completed its $1.3 billion all-cash acquisition of Guild Holdings Company...

Cash-Strapped Filmmaker Coppola Puts Landmark San Francisco Building Up as Collateral

by Phil Hall | Dec 1, 2025 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Oscar-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola is using San Francisco’s historic Sentinel Building as collateral for a new private loan in his ongoing efforts to mitigate the financial disaster created by his 2024 box office flop “Megalopolis.” The San...

Trump Says He Made His Pick for Next Fed Chairman

by Phil Hall | Dec 1, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

President Trump has stated he made his choice for the next Federal Reserve chairman, but he declined to immediately share his decision. Speaking with reporters on Sunday, Trump said, “I know who I am going to pick, yeah. We’ll be announcing it.” When...

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Nov. 24-28

by Phil Hall | Nov 28, 2025 | Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Thought leaders saying the right thing, revenge seekers doing the wrong thing, and a new movie and book worth pursuing. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Nov. 24-28. Hit: The Right Words. James Fishback, the CEO...

2 Mexican Nationals Arrested for Fraudulent Home Sales

by Phil Hall | Nov 28, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A pair of Mexican nationals were arrested for fraudulently selling San Diego properties they did not own. According to the charges brought against them, Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez pretended to be the owners of vacant or...