A rule intended to prevent rent gouging in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires has lapsed in Los Angeles County, possibly exposing some renters to hikes. The executive order that... Read more »
California regulators are escalating their fight with State Farm. The California Department of Insurance is seeking up to $4 million in penalties and weighing a one-year suspension of the insurer’s ability to... Read more »
Dozens of members of Congress say they don’t support a proposed ban on institutional investors, a bipartisan statement that spells trouble for the controversial idea. Seventy-six members of Congress—members of the Real... Read more »
Palo Alto, CA, has balked at an ambitious proposal to crack down on billionaires creating multiproperty compounds, such as Mark Zuckerberg’s highly controversial 11-home spread. The Palo Alto City Council on Monday... Read more »
Additionally, in 2015, institutional investors made up 12.2% of all investor purchases, but this share has shrunk to 7.5% in 2025, after rising to a peak of 16.3% in 2021. “One of... Read more »
The Senate voted 90-8 to advance its version of a comprehensive housing reform package with provisions from a similar bill the House passed, as well as a prospective ban on institutional investors.... Read more »
Washington finally has a definition of the large “institutional investors” it wants to push out of the housing market. Actually, make that a few. Lawmakers have started to define those large property... Read more »
Senate Democrats are rolling out a proposal to curtail tax breaks to deter major real estate investors from buying up homes in the market, as President Donald Trump seeks congressional support for... Read more »
“We are seeing lead costs trend higher across the board,” said Praveen Chandramohan, senior vice president at Cotality Mortgage Data Solutions. “Because the ban removes a high-volume, low-cost source of data, lenders... Read more »
Every Friday, we round up the most popular, most read, most critical stories of the week to give you a quick catchup on the big headlines you might have missed in the... Read more »