The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is reportedly rushing to complete new rulemaking ahead of the transition to Donald Trump’s second presidential administration. According to a Reuters report sourced from three unnamed “people familiar with the...
Vivek Ramaswamy, the tech entrepreneur who teamed with Elon Musk on President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has blasted New York City’s $220 million agreement to use the historic Roosevelt Hotel for $220 million as a processing...
This week’s Hits and Misses column focuses on the intersection of real estate and politics, with stops in Washington, Ottawa, Sacramento, and Animal Crossing. Hit: Here Comes the DOGE Wrecking Ball. The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the...
Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has taken aim at the surplus of vacant office properties allocated to federal agencies. The DOGE channel on X ran headline from the Washington Times that announced: “Nearly 90% of feds’ office in D.C. going to...
Alternatives to Chicago property taxes, a mega-million condo sale loss and a proposal to bend the Manhattan skyline. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Nov. 11-15. Hit: Let’s Not Go, Brandon. Praise goes this...