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Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 18-22

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 18-22

by Phil Hall | Aug 22, 2025 | Commercial Real Estate News, Hits and Misses, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Cape Cod considers a mansion tax, Baltimore considers raising taxes on vacant lots, and a retail chain will not consider opening stores in California. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 18-22. Miss: Soaking...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Mr. Pulte, You’re Not Doing Your Job

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Mr. Pulte, You’re Not Doing Your Job

by Phil Hall | Aug 21, 2025 | A Phil Hall Op-Ed, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The official duties of the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) involves the regulation of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks. It is not a law enforcement job, nor does this position involve choosing who...
Appeals Court Voids $524 Million Penalty in Trump Fraud Case

Appeals Court Voids $524 Million Penalty in Trump Fraud Case

by Phil Hall | Aug 21, 2025 | Commercial Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A New York appeals court voided the more than half-million-dollar fraud judgment enacted against President Trump and the Trump Organization, but kept in place the lower court decision that Trump and his company engaged in valuation fraud when obtaining loans for their...
NY Attorney General Letitia James Subpoenaed Over Trump Fraud Case

NY Attorney General Letitia James Subpoenaed Over Trump Fraud Case

by Phil Hall | Aug 8, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been subpoenaed by the US Attorney’s Office in Albany as part of a grand jury probe into her $454 million civil fraud case against President Trump. James, who first campaigned for office in 2018 vowing to make Trump a target...
GOP Senators Introduce LETITIA Act to Address Financial Fraud by Politicians

GOP Senators Introduce LETITIA Act to Address Financial Fraud by Politicians

by Phil Hall | Aug 5, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A coalition of Senate Republicans have introduced the Law Enforcement Tools to Interdict Troubling Investments in Abodes (LETITIA) Act, which is designed public officials accountable if they are found to have enriched themselves through federal bank fraud, tax fraud,...
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