A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by 61 former Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) employees against Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), who claimed without producing evidence that they were fired for making fraudulent...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced it has reached a settlement resolving claims brought by homebuyers in the class-action antitrust lawsuit Tuccori v. At World Properties related to buyer-agent commissions. Under the terms of the settlement, which is...
Trump takes aim at State Farm, the Justice Department fights for natural gas appliances, and a mural that memorializes a crime victim is denounced as “divisive.” From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of...
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CGSP) announced it has filed an amended complaint in its ongoing lawsuit against Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG), alleging the Seattle-based brokerage has continued to commit copyright infringement of its photographs. According to the updated filing,...
A federal court in Texas vacated the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) 2024 residential real estate reporting rule that required for title companies to report non-financed transfers to entities and trusts. The FinCEN rule requires title companies...
Inflation Expectations Hit Three-Year High as Rent Outlook Climbs to 6.8%
