The nation’s home builders are distressed, to say the least, about a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board defining many subcontractors as “joint employees.” It’s not clear how… Read More »
Although the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has delayed for two months the implementation date for the new consolidated Truth-in-Lending/RESPA disclosure rules, industry trade groups are still pushing the agency… Read More »
The Senate Banking Committee has approved a sweeping regulatory relief bill, exempting smaller banks from many of the Dodd-Frank supervisory requirements, establishing markers for the restructuring of Fannie Mae and… Read More »
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has no plans to delay enforcement of the new mortgage disclosure rules taking effect August 1. Seventeen industry trade associations, representing real estate and… Read More »
Industry analysts have been arguing for some time that a dearth of available homes for sale was a major reason, if not the only one, for the less than robust… Read More »
Can we talk? That’s not the most original opening line you’re likely to hear, but it is one title agents should be using with their real estate clients and contacts… Read More »