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Latest News in Real Estate

  • August 19, 2026

    CFPB Pursues Early Win In Hagens Berman Lender Docs Suit

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to beat Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's suit accusing the agency of illegally withholding information about any investigations into mortgage lender Veterans United, arguing that acknowledging any such probe could thwart the bureau's law enforcement efforts.

  • August 19, 2026

    9th Circ. Sides With PennyMac In Fixed LIBOR Fallback

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday rejected a shareholder's claim that PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust was required to replace discontinued LIBOR with a newer floating rate when calculating preferred-share dividends, holding that the federal LIBOR Act allowed for a contractual fixed fallback rate.

  • August 19, 2026

    7th Circ. Backs Developer's Conviction In Bank Fraud Case

    The Seventh Circuit affirmed Tuesday a real estate developer's conviction for his role in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme at a now-shuttered Chicago bank, saying while the line "separating an improper lending relationship from criminality was not obvious in this case," the government presented enough evidence for jurors to conclude he knowingly participated in the fraud.

  • August 19, 2026

    8th Circ. Backs $1B Broker Commissions Settlement

    The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to affirm a more than $1 billion class action settlement that's supposed to resolve antitrust claims against the National Association of Realtors and multiple real estate brokerages, which were accused of running an anticompetitive scheme that involved the brokerages following NAR rules that artificially inflated buyer-broker commissions.

  • August 19, 2026

    Conn. Justices Back Cannabis Processing At Ex-Tobacco Site

    The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a cannabis company could use a former tobacco facility to process cannabis oil, rejecting the local zoning appeals board's argument that the repurposed facility wouldn't fall within the legal nonconforming use for the property.

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