The Treasury Secretary makes and rescinds demands, Playboy moves its headquarters out of Los Angeles, and New York City’s worst hotel closes. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 11-15. Miss: Foot in Mouth...
A federal judge in Texas overturned a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule enabling the erasure of medical debt from credit reports. The Hill reports US District Judge Sean Jordan stated the CFPB exceeded its’ authority by issuing the rule, which was...
A federal judge in Chicago has rejected a request by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to vacate its $105,000 settlement of redlining charges brought against the mortgage lender Townstone Financial. The settlement followed a protracted litigation that...
The highest-ranking enforcement official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has resigned with an angry rebuke of how the Trump administration is treating the agency. Acting Enforcement Director Cara Petersen said the administration “has no...
Canada’s unlikely new housing minister, two high profile property sales where the sellers took a big loss, and HUD’s commitment to Indian Country housing. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of May 12-16. Miss: The...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
