AI-driven wire fraud schemes reshape real estate security in 2025

AI-driven wire fraud schemes reshape real estate security in 2025

Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Jonathan Delozier: What are you seeing this year in terms of new wire fraud patterns or the evolution of what criminals... Read more »
Broad support found for independent Social Security commission

Broad support found for independent Social Security commission

Support cuts across age, income and party lines in the survey. Democrats expressed the strongest backing at 78%, followed by independents at 72% and Republicans at 68%. Respondents were asked whether Congress... Read more »
California law now caps security deposit at one month’s rent

California law now caps security deposit at one month’s rent

The days of needing to save two to three months’ worth of rent for a security deposit are largely over in California. Legislation took effect Monday that limits a security deposit on... Read more »
CBO reduces the expected lifespan for Social Security

CBO reduces the expected lifespan for Social Security

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report that estimates the benefit payment schedule of the Social Security program, saying that the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund will “decline... Read more »
Arnel Management illegally withheld security deposits, attorney general alleges

Arnel Management illegally withheld security deposits, attorney general alleges

Arnel Management Co. has agreed to settle allegations it illegally withheld security deposits, the California attorney general announced Friday. The move came nearly eight years after a Times story detailed reports from... Read more »
Arnel Settles Allegation of Keeping Renter Security Deposits

Arnel Settles Allegation of Keeping Renter Security Deposits

Arnel Management has agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million to settle a state charge that it illegally withheld security deposits from apartment tenants, the state attorney general announced. The Costa Mesa-based company... Read more »
Ginnie Mae to explore new reverse mortgage-backed security product

Ginnie Mae to explore new reverse mortgage-backed security product

Ginnie Mae intends to develop a new reverse mortgage-backed security product enabling the acquisition of loans from an HMBS pool above the existing 98% maximum claim amount (MCA) requirement, according to a... Read more »
Ginnie Mae to explore new reverse mortgage-backed security product

CoreLogic unveils new solution to bolster security for MLSs

CoreLogic has debuted a new security solution for multiple listing services designed to reduce the risk of cybersecurity threats. Called Clareity Assure, the new, upgraded security platform is available to any MLS... Read more »