A New Jersey judge rejected a request from 26 towns for an injunction to halt the state’s affordable housing development process while their lawsuit challenging the state requirements is decided. The towns sued in October to void a state law the created guidelines for...
Twelve former agents with Massachusetts’ Success Real Estate have sued the company, which abruptly shut down two weeks ago, and its owner Stephen Webster. According to coverage in The Patriot-Ledger, the agents said they are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against Rocket Homes, an affiliate of Rocket Companies Inc. (NYSE: RKT), that accuses the company of providing incentives to real estate brokers and agents in exchange for steering homebuyers to...
The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), a lobby group representing New York City brokerages and landlords, has filed a lawsuit in federal court to block a new law that would end the local practice of tenants paying upfront broker fees to agents who list apartments...
An Italian real estate investor is at the center of an art world scandal for buying an 18th century painting at a record price and allegedly refusing to pay for it. Art News reports that the Christie’s auction house filed a lawsuit in Paris against Nanni Bassani...