An unwelcome package in the mail, another retailer declaring bankruptcy, and an unlikely new officer at a tenants’ right nonprofit. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 4-8. Miss: A Message from a Kook. The...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has endorsed Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy to become New York City mayor, citing his focus on “affordability.” The New York Post reports the senator and Mamdani appeared together at the DC37 union building in Manhattan, where the...
The confidential data of New York City residents who applied for the municipal affordable housing lottery program may have been exposed in a data breach. CBS News reports a website used to internally sort applications in the city’s Housing Connect lottery...
The median asking rent in New York accounted for 55% of a typical household income in the second quarter of 2025, nearly 10% above the 44.5% national median in the for-sale market and more than double the recent share for typical renters nationwide. According to a new...
Gavin Newsom’s long-distance grant funding, a data access deal with three major MLSs, and investors hogging the homebuying market. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of July 7-11. Miss: Greetings from South...
Equifax Says Nearly 2,000 Mortgage Firms Used Its VantageScore Offer
