A report from the Real Deal on Florida. "Former hedge fund manager Jim Pulaski bought a unit at Apogee in South Beach after selling his waterfront North Bay Road mansion. Property records show G Sofi Investments LLC, sold the four-bedroom,…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "A moratorium on evictions is forcing small landlords on Long Island to run up credit card balances, take out loans and default on their own bills. 'They keep extending the court date,…
A report from Mortgage Professional America. "Odeta Kushi, deputy chief economist at First American, looked at 50 housing markets across America. In all but two of those markets (San Jose and San Francisco), owning made more sense than renting. For…
A report from Auction.com. "The great promise of short sales and other distressed pre-foreclosure sales as a foreclosure alternative is most fully realized in a competitive and transparent online auction marketplace, according to the Auction.com Market Validation Program (MVP) for…
A report from Bolly Inside. "Flexible workspace provider Knotel has filed for bankruptcy and has announced plans to sell its business to listed real estate services company Newmark, the company said on Sunday. The pandemic has punished several workspace companies.…
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…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, is ditching his multimillion-dollar equestrian estate on the outskirts of Atlanta and is poised to take a sizeable loss in the deal. The former wrestler turned actor has…
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…