Judge Orders Zillow And Redfin To Provide Docs In Antitrust Case

Judge Orders Zillow And Redfin To Provide Docs In Antitrust Case

A legal filing submitted last week requests a number of communications between Zillow and Redfin employees related to the firms’ rental syndication agreement. It looks like portals Zillow and Redfin will have... Read more »
Judge Denies Compass Request To Stop Zillow’s Listing Policy

Judge Denies Compass Request To Stop Zillow’s Listing Policy

Compass filed the lawsuit last summer and asked the court to stop Zillow from enforcing its Listing Access Standards. In a Friday ruling, the judge said Compass “has not shown a likelihood... Read more »
Judge Valderrama’s ‘roadmap’ for successful antitrust litigation in affordable housing crisis

Judge Valderrama’s ‘roadmap’ for successful antitrust litigation in affordable housing crisis

“The Court accepts as true all of the well-pleaded facts in the Complaint and draws all reasonable inferences in favor of Plaintiffs.” So said U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama on 12.4.2025. According... Read more »
Federal judge orders Trump administration to seek money for CFPB

Federal judge orders Trump administration to seek money for CFPB

The Trump administration had argued that because the Federal Reserve is operating at a loss, it does not have the money to fund the bureau’s operation. Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who had... Read more »
Judge halts Howard Industrial’s warehouse project in IE

Judge halts Howard Industrial’s warehouse project in IE

A judge has ordered Howard Industrial Partners to halt work on a 213-acre warehouse project in Bloomington after the developer demolished more than 100 homes. Superior Court Judge Donald Alvarez told the... Read more »
Judge halts construction of massive warehouse project after scores of homes demolished

Judge halts construction of massive warehouse project after scores of homes demolished

A Southern California developer must halt construction of a controversial industrial park in San Bernardino County that has displaced scores of homes, after a judge found flaws in the project’s environmental impact... Read more »
Judge denies Move’s motion for preliminary injunction against CoStar

Judge denies Move’s motion for preliminary injunction against CoStar

CoStar Group has taken the win in the latest round of the battle between the Homes.com parent company and Move, the parent company of Realtor.com. In a tentative ruling released Monday, Judge... Read more »
Judge zeroes in on trial timeline in TCB-Ginnie Mae lawsuit

Judge zeroes in on trial timeline in TCB-Ginnie Mae lawsuit

The parties involved in a lawsuit between Texas Capital Bank (TCB), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Ginnie Mae over a dispute involving Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed... Read more »
Judge zeroes in on trial timeline in TCB-Ginnie Mae lawsuit

Judge allows bulk of Texas Capital case against Ginnie Mae to proceed

The federal judge overseeing a case brought by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) against Ginnie Mae has dismissed a portion of the bank’s complaint against the government-owned company but will allow the majority... Read more »
Judge zeroes in on trial timeline in TCB-Ginnie Mae lawsuit

Judge sides with trade groups, halts new CRA rules

A federal judge in Texas has granted a preliminary injunction to banking trade groups that seek to halt the implementation of new rules for modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), according to... Read more »