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Chicago Title Insurance Defrauded of $4.1 Million by Nigerian Trickster

Chicago Title Insurance Defrauded of $4.1 Million by Nigerian Trickster

by Phil Hall | Feb 12, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Chicago Title Insurance Company has filed a lawsuit this week in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York claiming that it was the victim of an email compromise scheme that resulted in $4.1 million being diverted from a real estate closing in...
NYC Landlord Sued for Turning Rent-Stabilized Apartments into Short-Term Hotel Rooms

NYC Landlord Sued for Turning Rent-Stabilized Apartments into Short-Term Hotel Rooms

by Phil Hall | Feb 9, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A New York City landlord is being sued for illegally turning rent-stabilized apartments into short-term hotel rooms. National Today reports the city filed a lawsuit against Mark David Militana, who owns two brownstone buildings on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The two...
Owners of Marilyn Monroe’s Last Home Sue LA to Overturn Historic Designation

Owners of Marilyn Monroe’s Last Home Sue LA to Overturn Historic Designation

by Phil Hall | Jan 29, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The owners of the Los Angeles house owned by Marilyn Monroe when she died 1962 have filed a lawsuit against the city for belatedly designating it a historic-cultural monument, thus preventing them from demolishing the property. Courthouse News reports Brinah Milstein...
Lawsuit Accuses Rocket Companies of Mortgage Steering

Lawsuit Accuses Rocket Companies of Mortgage Steering

by Phil Hall | Jan 27, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The law firm of Hagens Berman has announced a consumer class action lawsuit against Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) that accuses the Detroit-based financial giant of forcing its agents to steer clients into using Rocket Mortgage. The lawsuit, which was filed Jan. 26 in...

Lawsuit Filed to Stop San Francisco’s Family Zoning Plan to Build New Housing Developments

by Phil Hall | Jan 12, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A coalition of San Francisco neighborhood, business and civic organizations has filed a lawsuit against the city to block the new Family Zoning Plan that seeks to build taller and denser housing developments in the city’s north and west sides. The plan, also known as...
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