Trump Tariffs Drive Up Housing Costs
National
Mar 16, 2025

How Trump’s tariffs are reshaping real estate’s future

Administration’s trade policies add fuel to surging rents, stalled construction projects
Prologis Mixed-Use Play Could Add New Life to Arts District
Los Angeles
Mar 15, 2025

Prologis project could breathe new life into DTLA’s Arts District

Plus, locals say they’re OK with restricting building in fire-prone areas, La Cañada Flintridge retreats on builder’s remedy pushback and more LA real estate news
West Village Record Smashed and Financial District Flop?
New York
Mar 15, 2025

West Village record smashed and Financial District flop?

A tale of two cities, the tiniest townhouse, a Brooklyn rental tower takeover, the ongoing debate over NIMBYism and the housing crisis and more New York real estate news
The Daily Dirt
New York
Mar 15, 2025

The Daily Dirt: Waiting for Penn Station 

More visions for massive redev emerge, but delays abound
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner Threatens To Evict O Cinema
South Florida
Mar 14, 2025

Miami Beach mayor’s threat to evict O Cinema will test tenant free speech protections, experts say

Steven Meiner wants to terminate theater operator’s lease over screening of Oscar winning doc he labeled “false one-sided propaganda attack on the Jewish people”
Elon Musk Orders HUD to Cut Fair Housing Act Awards
Chicago
Mar 14, 2025

Sudden HUD cuts leave Chicago housing nonprofits in limbo

President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency directed termination of contracts
SF Suspends Empty-Homes Tax in Bid to Save It
San Francisco
Mar 14, 2025

SF suspends empty-homes tax in bid to save it

Supervisor wants to amend tax to keep it alive, subject to constitutional challenge
Title Insurance Industry Remembers Cuomo’s Crackdown
New York
Mar 14, 2025

The Daily Dirt: Will title insurers forgive Cuomo?

Industry went to court to beat back governor’s attack
Chicago Tax Assessor Pushes Feds to Release Appraisal Data
Chicago
Mar 13, 2025

Kaegi leans on Pulte to help improve property tax accuracy

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac appraisal data is kept from local tax authorities, but the Cook County Assessor wants to change that
NYS Senate, Assembly Make Hochul’s Bad Housing Plan Worse
New York
Mar 13, 2025

Three hacks in a room: How Albany is messing up real estate

Senate, Assembly make bad Hochul plan even worse
La Cañada Flintridge ditches appeal to builder’s remedy project
Los Angeles
Mar 13, 2025

La Cañada Flintridge ditches appeal to builder’s remedy project 

Joins Beverly Hills in acceptance instead of $14M bond to pursue case
Inside Chicago’s Crackdown on Deeply Indebted Land Speculators
Chicago
Mar 13, 2025

“Land speculation becomes problematic”: Chicago cracks down on more debtors

How distressed real estate strategies of suburban firms Goldmine Investments and QCD Financial led to legal peril with $9M in fines and interest owed to the city
DOGE cancels affordable housing deals in anti-DEI push
National
Mar 12, 2025

DOGE cancels affordable housing deals in anti-DEI push

Millions of dollars in contracts withdrawn under Elon Musk’s initiative
NY Dems call for millionaire tax hikes, crackdown on corporate investors in housing market
New York
Mar 12, 2025

NY Dems call for millionaire tax hikes, crackdown on corporate investors in housing market

TRD breaks down the Senate and Assembly budget resolutions
The Daily Dirt: Final chapter in Eli Karp’s tale of woe
New York
Mar 12, 2025

The Daily Dirt: Final chapter in Eli Karp’s tale of woe

Bankruptcy auction on tap after building missed 421a by one unit
Real estate developer weighs Boston mayoral run
Boston
Mar 11, 2025

Real estate developer weighs Boston mayoral run

Thomas O’Brien, a partner at HYM Investment Group, looks to unseat incumbent Michelle Wu
Chicago's Next Moves Against Negligent Landlords
Chicago
Mar 10, 2025

Chicago plots next moves against Suzie Wilson, more negligent landowners

After bringing down an infamous landowner, officials may ban her from investing in local real estate as they target two more firms that owe the city $9M in fines