Buyers are being picky — here’s how you can navigate it as a real estate agent

Buyers are being picky — here’s how you can navigate it as a real estate agent

Change is on the horizon. For what felt like a moment in time, buyers enjoyed the luxury of being incredibly picky, carefully selecting what felt like their dream homes in a market... Read more »
CBRE Arranges Sales of Nine Big Lots to Two Buyers

CBRE Arranges Sales of Nine Big Lots to Two Buyers

CBRE arranged the sale of nine individual Big Lots store locations in Southern California and Florida to two buyers, Robhana Group and Reliable Properties. CBRE’s retail investment property sales team led by Alex Kozakov and Patrick Wade represented the... Read more »
Fullerton Settles With State to Produce Housing Element

Fullerton Settles With State to Produce Housing Element

The City of Fullerton has made peace with California over its housing plan. Fullerton’s City Council reached a settlement with the state to update its so-called housing element and adopt a blueprint... Read more »
Top mega team joins The Real Brokerage

Top mega team joins The Real Brokerage

Top-producing mega team PREMIERE Group is joining fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage, according to an announcement on Monday. Founded in 2017 in Greensboro, North Carolina by David Keener, the PREMIERE Group operates... Read more »
LA Law Creates New Hurdles for Hotel Developers

LA Law Creates New Hurdles for Hotel Developers

Hotel developers in Los Angeles must now replace homes demolished for hospitality suites. The City Council passed a law early last month requiring new hotel projects to replace displaced housing units on... Read more »
Top mega team joins The Real Brokerage

Second REBNY commission lawsuit dismissed

The real estate industry is facing one less copycat commission lawsuit. On Thursday, Robert Friedman voluntarily dismissed without prejudice the lawsuit he filed in late December in U.S. District Court in New... Read more »
Top mega team joins The Real Brokerage

Sagent names Mr. Cooper’s president as executive chairman

Sagent, a fintech software company providing a servicing management platform for banks and lenders, appointed Chris Marshall as executive chairman. Marshall is vice chairman and president of Mr. Cooper, but announced plans... Read more »
NAF in talks to acquire Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corp.: sources 

NAF in talks to acquire Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corp.: sources 

Top-35 mortgage lender New American Funding (NAF) is in negotiations to acquire Chicago-based retail shop Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corp. (DKMC), multiple sources told HousingWire. The sources said negotiations are in the... Read more »
Top mega team joins The Real Brokerage

The top 10 reverse mortgage lenders of 2023

After a year of challenge in the reverse mortgage industry, the major lenders in the industry look a bit different for calendar year 2023 when compared with recent years past. Reduced volume,... Read more »
Court Sustains Lawsuit Against Huntington Beach for Housing

Court Sustains Lawsuit Against Huntington Beach for Housing

California is back on track with its lawsuit against Huntington Beach, which accuses the OC city of thumbing its nose at state efforts to make it plan for thousands of homes. A... Read more »