A weekend topic starting with Fox Business. "Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell downplayed significant price increases in the U.S. housing market, despite noting that activity in the sector is at its highest level since before the global financial crisis. Powell…
A report from the Inlander in Washington. "A decade after the depths of the Great Recession, another potential housing crisis is brewing: State and federal governments have issued eviction moratoriums, preventing landlords from booting tenants who aren't paying their rents.…
A report from the Palm Beach Post in Florida. "The Palm Beach County courts will, again, bring in jurors for smaller criminal and civil cases in the coming weeks. Chief Judge Krista Marx said the one area they are concerned…
A report from the Daily Mail. "Property sales in New York City plunged 46 percent in 2020 from the prior year's level, costing $1.6 billion in lost city and state tax revenue, according to the Real Estate Board of New…
A weekend topic starting with the Review Journal in Nevada. "Landlord Mario Tafarella is owed more than $30,000 in rent from two of his Las Vegas rental properties in Desert Shores, and it’s money he never will receive. 'Thirty grand…
A report from Real Estate Weekly on New York. "The City’s largest organization of landlords of rent-regulated apartments is calling on the city to freeze this year’s property tax assessments. The city’s new tax assessment roll shows the value of…
A weekend topic starting with Bisnow New York. "New York City’s commercial property values are expected to fall substantially this year. A summary of the past year said that the real estate markets 'collapsed' after the coronavirus gripped the city,…
A report from Realtor.com on New York. "Nobody wants to buy notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's real estate. The convicted criminal's grand, 28,000-square-foot townhouse in Manhattan's tony Upper East Side has undergone a $23 million price cut. 'In New York,…
A report from the Capital Times in Wisconsin. "'I do believe landlords are preparing and I expect a huge increase once the moratorium is lifted,' said Laura Nachazel, a court manager in the Dane County Clerk of Courts office. 'I…
A report from the New York Times. "Brian Kavanagh, a Democratic state senator who represents Lower Manhattan and part of Brooklyn, was the lead sponsor of the bill that bars landlords from evicting most tenants for 60 days in almost…