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Judge dismisses Maryland appraisal discrimination case and defamation countersuit
A federal judge has dismissed the claims of both the plaintiffs and defendants in an appraisal discrimination lawsuit that garnered national attention when it was filed in 2022.Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott — Maryland homeowners who are Black — sued appraiser Shane Lanham, his company 20/20 Valuati
Read MoreMiami-Dade approves replacing four public housing sites with over 1K affordable units
More than 1,000 affordable units are planned across Miami-Dade County, as part of a county program to redevelop its aging public housing complexes. Miami Beach-based Redwood Dev Co and Miami-based Integra each scored deals to redevelop public housing with a combined 1,049 new units, and will lease
Read MoreReal Brokerage adds Coastline, a top San Diego team
Coastline Real Estate Group, a 13-agent real estate team based in San Diego County, California, has joined The Real Brokerage.The team is led by Raymond Fraser and Shaylie Gilliland, who previously worked together on one of California’s top-ranked real estate teams.Since founding Coastline in late 2
Read MoreRealtors Relief Foundation sends $500K to Texas flood victims
The nonprofit Realtors Relief Foundation (RRF) has allocated $500,000 to assist residents in south central Texas following recent floods that took the lives of more than 130 people and displaced families across the region.The funding — distributed through Texas Realtors and eight local associations
Read MoreWaterfront Key Biscayne house sells for $19M in slow season
Despite South Florida real estate’s summer slowdown, a waterfront home in Key Biscayne sold for $18.9 million. Records show Simon and Claire Mueller sold the house at 510 South Mashta Drive to Ana Paula Creel Sanchez Navarro. Brigitte De Langeron with DLS International Realty had the listing, and Do
Read MorePhillip Cantrell’s book offers blueprint for real estate entrepreneurship
Veteran entrepreneur Phillip Cantrell distills four decades of hard-won business wisdom into his newly released book, “Failing My Way to Success: Lessons from 42 Years of Winning (and Losing) in Business,” which officially launched July 15.The founder and CEO of Benchmark Realty — who sold the compa
Read MoreLogan Finance promotes Dave Weatherford to TPO executive role
Nonqualified mortgage (non-QM) lender Logan Finance Corp. on Thursday announced the promotion of Dave Weatherford to Executive Vice President of TPO Production, effective immediately.The promotion follows Logan Finance’s launch of its new Open Road product series, announced in June. The series, whic
Read MoreCrescent Heights sues CitizenM over commercial units at Miami Beach hotel
Crescent Heights is suing CitizenM to force an ownership transfer of commercial units at a recently opened Miami Beach hotel. In a lawsuit filed in Miami federal court, an affiliate of Miami-based Crescent Heights, led by Russell Galbut, Sonny Kahn and Bruce Menin, alleges the CitizenM entity that
Read MoreRelated plans 115 affordable apartments on Little Havana public housing site
The Pérez family’s Related Group plans 115 affordable apartments on a Little Havana public housing site in Miami. The project is part of an agreement and long-term lease between Coconut Grove-based Related and Miami-Dade County to redevelop three county-owned public housing sites. Related’s afford
Read MorePAVE task force 2.0? Senate Democrat introduces appraisal bias legislation
The Trump administration has “effectively disbanded” the interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) task force, but a Democratic senator wants to revive it.Raphael Warnock of Georgia introduced the Appraisal Modernization Act on Thursday. The legislation seeks to address systemic bia
Read MoreZillow pushes back against Compass’s claims of conspiracy, monopoly
A little over two weeks after Zillow filed letters responding to Compass’s motions for preliminary injunction and expedited discovery, the listing portal giant is officially firing back with its response to these motions.Zillow filed its response and related declarations from company executives, inc
Read MoreUS foreclosure activity continued to rise in first half of 2025, ATTOM says
Real estate data provider ATTOM on Thursday released its Mid-Year 2025 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 187,659 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — in the first six months of 2025.That figure is up 5.
Read MoreMinnesota housing program under federal fraud investigation
Federal agents are probing what they describe as a massive scheme to defraud Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program, according to a search warrant.Numerous outlets reported that a federal investigation is targeting a Medicaid-funded benefit created in 2020 to assist people with disabilit
Read MoreColorado officials push to save property tax breaks for seniors
Government officials in Mesa County, Colorado, urged state legislators in an open letter this week to preserve a property tax exemption for older adults and disabled veterans amid the state’s ongoing budget constraints.Colorado’s senior property tax exemption, which has been in place for the past 25
Read MoreInventory’s on the rise, as resi sales keep dropping across South Florida
More homeowners are putting their properties up for sale across South Florida, but inventory levels are still at pre-pandemic levels. At the same time, residential sales continued to fall in most markets across the tri-county region, according to Douglas Elliman’s second quarter reports. The theme
Read MoreLauderdale-by-the-Sea closing tops Broward weekly condo sales
Broward County’s condo sales and dollar volume rose last week. Brokers closed 98 condo sales totaling $30.6 million from July 7 to July 13. That’s up from 66 condo sales totaling $21.3 million the week prior. Last week’s units sold for an average of $312,298, lower than the $322,508 average price f
Read MoreNearly vacant Lincoln Place office building in South Beach hits market for target of $82M
Lincoln Place, a nearly vacant South Beach office building that was once at the center of a crowdfunding scandal, hit the market with a target price of $82 million, The Real Deal has learned. The eight-story building at 1601 Washington Avenue in Miami Beach consists of 111,400 square feet of office
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Read More VantageScore 4.0 is coming. But much work needs to be done
In the days following the announcement that VantageScore 4.0 was suddenly in play for conventional mortgages, FinLocker‘s Brian Vieaux had to burst some bubbles.Most of the 15 to 20 loan officers he spoke to were ecstatic about being able to use the new credit scoring model. Millions of new prospect
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