Politics

With New York’s new rent laws jolting the real estate business, commercial and residential brokers that focus heavily on multifamily properties are feeling the...

Facebook’s reputation is taking another hit: this time, it’s for continued claims of alleged fair housing discrimination. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered the...

The parent organization of a carpenters’ union whose leader is ensnared in an alleged bribery scandal is swooping in to temporarily take over the...

The arrival of Steve Fulop was a welcome sign to New Jersey developers and construction companies. The Jersey City mayor has overseen the reinvention...

Hundreds of real estate professionals converged Thursday on City Hall for a public hearing about bills aimed at reducing rent costs by capping broker...

John Banks’ tenure as head of the Real Estate Board of New York was relatively short. But real estate players gave him generally good...

Some of the 10 Democratic candidates for president taking the stage at Thursday’s debate in Miami have wrapped their housing policies in larger proposals...

Two carpenters’ union leaders are accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for membership at one of the union’s...

Brokers at the Corcoran Group returned from lunch on Monday afternoon to receive an unusual email in their inbox from CEO Pam Liebman. The...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she will pump $500 billion into building and preserving affordable housing. Sen. Cory Booker wants to offer a tax credit...

After the ink dried from the newly changed rent laws, state officials turned to address another key issue looming over the real estate industry:...

Investors are nervous amid a government plan to overhaul Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and end the decades-long government conservatorship after the government took...

President Donald Trump wants to give a boost to affordable housing development by easing or nixing restrictive construction rules at the local government level....

Moments before the Rent Guidelines Board’s final vote Tuesday evening on rent increases, two camps prepared for the tense hearing. Joe Strasburg, president of...

The state’s Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled in favor of tenants at two Lower Manhattan buildings, finding that their apartments should have been...

Now that New York legislators have overhauled state rent laws, all eyes are turning to the city board that controls one of the few...

Democratic voters in Queens head to the polls today for the first competitive district attorney primary in decades, and the real estate industry is...

The real estate industry loves low interest rates — but not too low. Despite sustained pressure from President Donald Trump, the Federal Reserve left...

A judge recommended that a landlord and realty company pay $25,000 for discriminating against a transgender woman seeking an apartment in Brooklyn. The ruling...

Lawmakers in Berlin have approved a five-year rent freeze, significant move that follows voter backlash over rising property prices. The law will apply to...