Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Oct. 13-17

by Phil Hall | Oct 17, 2025 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Positive data on rental housing costs, a new threat to close the CFPB, and California’s housing market shows signs of vitality. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Oct. 13-17. Hit: Some Rent Relief. A new data...

California Home Flipper Indicted for Defrauding Lenders Over Six Years

by Phil Hall | Oct 17, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A California man who flipped properties for a living was indicted for defrauding lenders over a six-year span. According to the indictment, Steven Taylor of Brentwood used fake bank statements and false cash representations to obtain loans and lines of credit to...

Lennar Begins Sales at New Community in Texas

by Phil Hall | Oct 17, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The homebuilder Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) has begun sales at River Bridge Ranch, a new community in San Marcos, Texas. The development encompasses 28 single-family homes featuring one- and two-story open concept floorplans. Homes range from 1,200 to 2,780 square feet,...

Bank Regulators Drop Climate-Risk Principles

by Phil Hall | Oct 17, 2025 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve Board withdrawn their interagency principles for climate-related financial risk management for large financial institutions. This policy was issued jointly in October 2023 as part of the Biden...

Eric Trump Previews Plans to Tokenize Real Estate

by Phil Hall | Oct 17, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Eric Trump has announced plans for a new project that will tokenize real estate project with World Liberty Financial, a company that he co-founded, and its stablecoin USD1. In an interview with CoinDesk, Trump said this endeavor would offer fractional ownership in the...