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Federal Reserve Opts to Hold Rates Steady

Federal Reserve Opts to Hold Rates Steady

by Phil Hall | Mar 19, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Federal Reserve will not be cutting rates this month. The central bank’s policy making Federal Open Market Committee announced in a statement that it would “maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 4.25% to 4.5%.” In making its announcement, the Fed...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Feb. 10-14

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Feb. 10-14

by Phil Hall | Feb 14, 2025 | Hits and Misses, International Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

DOGE’s impact on Washington, Greenland hijinks and Redfin’s under the radar layoffs. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Feb. 10-14. Hit: Getting It Done. Earlier this week, the Department of Housing...
Democrat Leaders Urge Federal Reserve and Regulators Not to Work with Elon Musk’s DOGE

Democrat Leaders Urge Federal Reserve and Regulators Not to Work with Elon Musk’s DOGE

by Phil Hall | Feb 13, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Two Democratic leaders in Congress are warning the Federal Reserve and other financial regulatory agencies not to cooperate with staff members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) while the Trump administration is requesting employees at the...
CFPB’s Vought Stops Fed Funding for Agency, Closes Agency HQ for the Week

CFPB’s Vought Stops Fed Funding for Agency, Closes Agency HQ for the Week

by Phil Hall | Feb 10, 2025 | Market Snapshot, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Russ Vought, the new acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has informed the Federal Reserve it will not be requesting funds to finance its operations for Fiscal Year 2025 while informing the agency’s workforce that its headquarters will...
Ex-Senior Advisor to Federal Reserve Arrested for Passing Trade Secrets to China

Ex-Senior Advisor to Federal Reserve Arrested for Passing Trade Secrets to China

by Phil Hall | Feb 3, 2025 | Market Snapshot, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A former senior advisor for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was arrested and indicted on charges that he conspired to steal Federal Reserve trade secrets on behalf of the Chinese government. John Harold Rogers was accused of making false statements to the...
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