Having a good neighbor as an insurer in California is about to cost a lot more. Illinois-based insurance giant State Farm is expected to increase its average rate for homeowner insurance policies... Read more »
A Special Report from The Experts at Cushman & Wakefield At a BOMA NY hosted leadership forum, experts from Cushman & Wakefield presented a data-packed analysis of the national commercial real estate... Read more »
Florida company targeted California homeowners with predatory scheme, state attorney general alleges
The California attorney general has sued a Florida-based real estate firm, alleging it ran a predatory scheme that limited homeowners’ ability to sell and left them vulnerable to owing thousands of dollars.... Read more »
Shangri-La Industries’ Andy Meyers and Housing and Community Development Gustavo Velasquez with 12 Conejo Boulevard (Shangri-La Industries, State of California, Google Maps, Getty) The California Housing and Community Development Agency has found... Read more »
Snap has received $20 million from the state to expand its offices in Santa Monica, Palo Alto and perhaps San Francisco, as well as manufacturing plants for augmented reality devices. The Santa... Read more »
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ (CSBS) board of directors appointed Brandon Milhorn – current deputy to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) vice chairman Travis Hill – as its incoming president and... Read more »
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this week published a report analyzing state-level community reinvestment laws and ways they promote reinvestment activities for entities including mortgage companies. The 32-page report features details... Read more »
Statement From NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun: Current State of Housing Market and Market Forecast
“The current problem related to the housing market is limited supply. Even before the onset of the pandemic, in 2019, there was a shortage of approximately 4-to-5 million housing units in America.... Read more »