The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to both property owners and real estate agents regarding what it dubbed “a steady increase in reports of quit claim deed fraud” across New England. The FBI noted that 58,141 victims...
A Michigan real estate developer was sentenced to one year and a day in prison for bribing a mayor with cash and home renovations in exchange for obtaining tax-foreclosed properties from the mayor’s city. According to court documents, Shady Awad provided Richard...
South Florida developer Sergio Pino was found dead in his home in Coral Gables from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday morning after the FBI arrived to conduct a raid at the property. He was 67 years old. According to a WPLG report, the FBI action was...
FBI agents assigned to cities with a high cost of living are seeking federal assistance to help cover their housing expenses. According to an NPR report, the FBI Agents Association has requested $165 million to be included in the Justice Department’s 2025 budget...
An improbable relocation of FBI headquarters, HUD’s misplaced priority on climate and NAR’s too-generous donation to a Montana mayoral race. Looking into the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for this week. Miss: Sweet FBI Home Alabama?...
Small Mortgages Fall Below 3% of Originations, Exposing Rural Lending Gap
