The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a series of six spending bills that will avoid a partial shutdown of the federal government while adding some additional budget capacity to Ginnie... Read more »
Fannie Mae announced on Wednesday an enhancement to its desktop underwriting system, which will facilitate the asset, income, and employment verification process through a single data source. Lenders can use a single 12-month asset... Read more »
Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has arranged the $153-million sale of a two-property, 409-unit multifamily portfolio in Ventura Count. The properties are Oakview Apartment Homes, a 242-unit asset built in 1970 in Westlake Village,... Read more »
Real estate platform Livian has recently acquired four additional teams to bolster its roster to a total of 61 teams. Livian now has teams in 27 states, amounting to more than 475 agents... Read more »
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its real estate practice with the addition of shareholder Paul M. Williams. He joins the firm from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, and will be... Read more »
Carolwood Estates has snagged Los Angeles luxury brokers James Harris and David Parnes from The Agency. The founders of Bond Street Partners, who starred on “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” for seven... Read more »
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Brand Engagement Network (BEN) onboarded industry veteran Chris Heller as an adviser to its board of directors. Heller’s addition to the board comes at a time when BEN... Read more »
A Koreatown property owner has tweaked plans for a six-story hotel to include an extra floor and 20 apartments. EWAI, an architecture firm based in Koreatown, has filed revised plans on behalf... Read more »
Nevada’s unusual commission lawsuit is no longer so unusual. When the copycat commission suit was initially filed in early January by Nevada home seller Nathaniel Whaley, the complaint named just Realtor associations... Read more »
University Bank’s reverse mortgage division has added four key hires across different disciplines as it prepares to grow further in the reverse mortgage space. Jake Droge joins the company as a loan... Read more »