/real-estate-authority/residential?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Real Estate Authority Residential Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:22:22 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327165?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327165 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission scored a win in its fraud suit in North Carolina federal court against an insurance agent and his company, with a judge finding the agency has shown the defendants defrauded seven investors out of over $1 million. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:05:13 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326904?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326904 The Ninth Circuit won't be rethinking a panel decision refusing to revive a defunct brokerage platform's case accusing Zillow and the National Association of Realtors of anticompetitively relegating its listings from Zillow's main page. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:09:37 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327556?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327556 Proposed legislation to allow local governments to impose fees on certain vacant homes would violate fundamental principles of property rights, Oregon Realtors told a state Senate panel. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:32:22 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2322851?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2322851 The North Carolina Supreme Court's April lineup will find the justices delving into a squabble over backyard chickens in a residential neighborhood and a consumer fraud class action with Home Depot in the crosshairs. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:26:43 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327645?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327645 A Miami jury on Friday said Expedia and three related entities owe $29.85 million after finding the online booking companies liable for violating the Helms-Burton Act's anti-trafficking provision by offering reservations for resorts on a barrier island seized by Fidel Castro's government. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:42:46 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326931?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326931 Global alternative investment manager Castlelake LP announced that it has formed a partnership with alternative credit asset manager Invictus Capital Partners to invest up to $2 billion in newly originated residential mortgages. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:24:25 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327232?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327232 A Michigan federal judge on Thursday said a pension fund trying to take over as lead plaintiff in a suit against mortgage business Rocket Companies Inc. does not need the court's permission to file a renewed class certification motion, but it "does so at its own peril." Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:38:43 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327210?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327210 With time starting to run low in the Florida Legislature's annual regular session, the Senate has taken a notable step toward addressing the state's ongoing affordable housing concerns by passing a bill that would put more weight behind 2023's Live Local Act in response to pushback from local governments. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:10:07 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327066?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327066 Developer and property manager Greystar urged a Colorado federal court to toss a Federal Trade Commission suit alleging it advertised deceptive rental prices, saying the suit requires a novel reading of a decades-old statute that would "radically" expand the agency's power. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:07:53 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327149?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2327149 A Cuban-American man who says he is the rightful heir to an island off the coast of Cuba that was seized by the Communist government asked a Miami jury on Thursday for an award of more than $36 million against Expedia, which the man claims illegally trafficked in the stolen property by offering reservations for resorts on the island through its website. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:54:04 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326914?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326914 Colorado launched the country's first new Fair Access to Insurance Requirements, or FAIR, Plan in 40 years to offer residents another tool in an increasingly challenging wildfire, hail and wind market, but experts emphasized that this limited form of coverage is not intended to address affordability concerns. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:48:16 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326978?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326978 Colorado lawmakers are contemplating insurance bills that experts say could help improve the state's market by boosting home resilience, but there are still cost concerns and skepticism that other proposals are workable, like a state reinsurance program. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:22:49 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326416?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326416 The Ninth Circuit has ruled in a published opinion that a Navajo Nation member was wrongly denied relocation benefits after the U.S. government awarded his ancestral land to the Hopi Tribe, saying the federal relocation office relied on flawed findings and arbitrary reasoning when denying his claim. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:48:46 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326593?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326593 The Washington Supreme Court said a voter-approved initiative restricting encampments for homeless people in Spokane is unconstitutional, in an opinion Thursday that said the measure exceeds the scope of local initiative power because it impermissibly "tinkers" with a policy the city had previously adopted. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:29:37 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2321814?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2321814 Officials at investment giant Blackstone told analysts Thursday that they expected the direct impact of tariffs on its businesses to be limited, although a wider downturn could be more troubling. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:10:19 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326951?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326951 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to cut back sharply on its policing of nonbank financial firms, slash examinations and pull back on its use of fines as part of a dramatic shift in supervisory and enforcement priorities outlined in a new internal memo. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:16:20 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326231?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326231 The Philadelphia Housing Authority on Wednesday urged a Pennsylvania federal court to free it from a lawsuit accusing it of responsibility for a fatal 2022 public housing fire that killed 12 residents, saying administrators of the decedents' estates failed to show that the agency directly caused the fire. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:41:48 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326494?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326494 Miami attorney Joe Hernandez, a specialist in condominium law matters — and a condo owner himself — talked with ¼«ËÙÈü³µ about Florida condo associations' compliance with new building safety laws, the state of condo terminations and what steps the Legislature many take in its current session. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:57:45 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2325929?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2325929 The owner of a property neighboring the late T. Boone Pickens' luxurious Mesa Vista Ranch hunting estate in the Texas Panhandle has agreed to stop using the name after being sued by the ranch's new owner. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:43:18 +0000 /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326576?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/residential/articles/2326576 As real estate transaction attorneys navigate uncertainty in the market, some deals are being put on ice, while elsewhere, clients are rushing to negotiate protections from price hikes or find opportunistic deals.