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Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Jan. 12-16

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Jan. 12-16

by Phil Hall | Jan 16, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Hits and Misses, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Jerome Powell drops a bombshell, a new movie celebrates a pioneering banker, and the Washington Commanders debut their new stadium’s design. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Jan. 12-16. Hit: A Very Big...
Trump Remark Casts Doubt on Hassett as Next Fed Chairman

Trump Remark Casts Doubt on Hassett as Next Fed Chairman

by Phil Hall | Jan 16, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

An off-hand remark by President Trump appears to affirm that National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is out of the running to become the next Federal Reserve chairman. The Wall Street Journal reports Trump was speaking at a healthcare event at the White House...
Top Ranking Democrat Questions Trump’s Proposed Ban on Institutional Investors in Housing Market

Top Ranking Democrat Questions Trump’s Proposed Ban on Institutional Investors in Housing Market

by Phil Hall | Jan 14, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The ranking member of the House of Representatives’ Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance is finding fault with President Trump’s proposal to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes. In an interview with the Washington Examiner,...
FHFA’s Pulte Threatens Builders Over Stock Repurchasing

FHFA’s Pulte Threatens Builders Over Stock Repurchasing

by Phil Hall | Jan 14, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte has made an unsubtle threat against home builders if they continue making stock repurchases. In a Wall Street Journal interview, Pulte accused builders of intentionally keeping home prices elevated and called...
Trump Renews Powell Attacks: ‘He Either is Incompetent or He’s Crooked’

Trump Renews Powell Attacks: ‘He Either is Incompetent or He’s Crooked’

by Phil Hall | Jan 13, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

President Trump showed no sign of dialing back on his administration’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, offering new insults following Powell’s announcement that he is being threatened with criminal indictments by the Department of Justice (DOJ)....
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