Realtor Patton grew up in real estate industry
There is change happening in the Houston real estate market but when we see "down" in a headline about housing statistics, we need to recognize that it is in comparison to the market's best year ever....
View Article‘Shadow-flipping’ realtors in Vancouver’s red-hot market face misconduct...
The government of the British Columbia in western Canada has announced an investigation into allegations of fraud and insider trading among Vancouver realtors. The probe, to be jointly conducted by the...
View ArticleNDP's David Eby slams B.C. Real Estate Council for inaction over realtor deals
The B.C. Real Estate Council “is refusing to investigate realtors alleged to be involved in fraud and money laundering,” the NDP’s housing critic charged in B.C. legislature on Thursday. Citing the...
View ArticleMiami a magnet for fraudsters — and the feds
The recent announcement that the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is cracking down on money laundering in the form of cash purchases of luxury real estate in Miami and New York City...
View ArticleB.C.’s Real Estate Council warns realtors the public’s confidence in them is...
B.C.’s Real Estate Council has notified all licensees that the public has lost confidence in the industry and realtors “must always act in the best interests of the client” according to a memo obtained...
View ArticleTexas Association of REALTORS® announces annual real estate award winners...
(Source: The Texas Association of Realtors) Winter Meeting honors outstanding service in Texas real estate for 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- CONTACT: Stacy Armijo- Pierpont Communications, 512-448-4950...
View ArticleTexas Association of Realtors announces annual real estate award winners...
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Celebrating a year of accomplishments, the Texas Association of Realtors recognized its outstanding members and local Realtor associations on...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Attorney Indicted for Conspiring to Launder Drug Proceeds...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland) Greenbelt, Maryland - Philadelphia attorney James Michael Farrell, age 63, of Wenonah, New Jersey, had his initial appearance and...
View ArticleCanadian province tightens rules for foreign buyers in hot real estate market
VANCOUVER, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Canada's western province of British Columbia announced Tuesday plans to start collecting data on foreign ownership in B.C.'s booming housing market....
View ArticleWestern Union Says U.S. Money Laundering Probe Tied to Gaming
Western Union Co. said that a U.S. probe tied to possible money laundering is reviewing whether the firm knew about gaming transactions involving other nations, and if the business had sufficient...
View ArticleFBI raids Grapevine real estate group: Texas firm accused of Ponzi-like scheme
An FBI raid on a Grapevine, Texas real estate group is being called a performance of “law enforcement activities,” but many are saying that the company that has bankrolled over $1 billion in...
View ArticleWhat tech innovation has been the biggest help for real estate transactions?
What tech innovation has been the biggest help for real estate transactions? Property search websites like Zillow and Trulia, as well as an agent’s personal site, created the most profound...
View ArticleABoR Members Recognized for Dedication to Educating REALTORS® (Austin Board...
(Source: Austin Board of REALTORS) Austin Board of Realtors also wins award for excellence in Realtor education The Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) is proud to announce that Reba Saxon of Teacher...
View ArticleNational Association of REALTORS® News (REALTORS of South Central Kansas)
(Source: REALTORS of South Central Kansas) Get REALTOR Ad Campaign Webcast…Learn more about NAR's new Get REALTOR advertising campaign, which showcases REALTOR brand value to consumers, during a live...
View ArticleReal estate deals for Feb. 20
Transactions Gerald L. Gamble Co. Inc. Realtors reports these real estate transactions: • Northwood Place LLC, Glenn Foster, manager, paid $3,717,000 to Tom S. Specht, Larry Specht and Patty...
View ArticleEx-Realtor and son charged with fraudulent sales of S. Jersey homes
A Philadelphia woman and her son have been charged in an alleged scam to pose as Realtors and fraudulently sell or lease foreclosed real estate in South Jersey, prosecutors said Thursday. Lisa Smith,...
View ArticleIndictment Unsealed Charging FLDS Church Leaders With Conspiracy To Divert...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Utah) SALT LAKE CITY - A two-count indictment unsealed Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City charges 11 leaders and...
View ArticleTexas real estate continues to be a strong investment (The Texas Association...
(Source: The Texas Association of Realtors) 02/22/2016 | Author: Editorial Staff Texas cities named best for real estate investment Healthy job growth, anticipated home price appreciation, and strong...
View ArticleArrests Made, Indictment Unsealed in Federal Case Charging FLDS Church...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota) SALT LAKE CITY - A two-count indictment unsealed Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City charges 11 leaders...
View ArticleOwners.com Launches Innovative Real Estate Brokerage in Atlanta
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwired - February 24, 2016) - Home prices have appreciated in the Atlanta market over the past five years, thereby increasing the cost of brokerage commissions. With this cost...
View ArticleChicago Real Estate Developer Convicted on Federal Fraud Charges for...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois) CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted the president of a Chicago real estate firm on fraud charges relating to a $105...
View ArticleFeds: Corrupt Chinese officials profited from theft of GSK cancer research
Federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday that corrupt officials in the Chinese government financially supported and may have benefited from a scheme to steal trade secrets worth billions from a...
View ArticleEaston Man Indicted for Scheme to Defraud Distressed Homeowners, Evading...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut) Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in...
View ArticleFormer detective accused of laundering $15m in alleged 'boiler room' scams
Michael Featherstone one of six people, including his wife and son, charged after 20-month investigation into alleged investment scams on the Gold Coast...
View ArticleUS prosecutors say corrupt Chinese officials behind Glaxo pharma secrets...
US federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday that corrupt officials in the Chinese government financially supported and may have benefited from a scheme to steal trade secrets worth billions from a...
View ArticleRealtor grew up around real estate transactions
Realtor grew up around real estate transactions Lummis is staying busy in the sales office, giving interactive tours of the property. Lummis grew up listening to real estate transactions taking shape...
View ArticleREALTORS® Federal Credit Union, a Division of Northwest Federal Credit Union...
HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--REALTORS® Federal Credit Union, a Division of Northwest Federal Credit Union, leads the charge to bring the credit union industry real estate escrow accounts. ......
View ArticleHong Kong hotel boss accused of HK$200m fraud mounts legal challenge over...
A Hong Kong hotelier accused of defrauding a bank of HK$200 million in loans is mounting a judicial challenge over the secretary for justice’s refusal to deny him a trial by jury in the High Court....
View ArticleUBS faces laundering and fraud inquiry in Belgium
A Belgian magistrate judge is investigating whether the Swiss bank UBS AG engaged in fraud, money laundering and other crimes in an effort to help wealthy individuals avoid taxes, the Brussels...
View ArticleR.I. real estate notes, week of Feb. 28
Licenses suspendedover alleged fraudPROVIDENCE — The state's Department of Business Regulation has temporarily suspended the real-estate licenses of two people who were part of a group charged with...
View ArticleTwo Glendale Men Found Guilty of Laundering Illegal Proceeds of Multi-Million...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California) LOS ANGELES - Two Glendale residents have been found guilty of laundering millions of dollars illegally generated by a...
View ArticleFried Frank's Real Estate Department Attracts Leading Sector Talent Michael...
NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Michael E. Vines has joined as a partner in the Real Estate Department, resident in the New...
View Article2.26.16: Defendant Sentenced for 30 Counts of Real Estate Fraud (Sacramento...
(Source: Sacramento District Attorney's Office) Defendant Sentenced for 30 Counts of Real Estate Fraud DATE: February 26, 2016 CASE: Lonnie Glenn Schmidt PROSECUTOR: Deputy District Attorney Dean...
View ArticleAccusations of Fraud Lead to FBI Raids of a Texas Housing Financial Firm
The FBI are reported to currently be investigating a housing development firm in Texas, following a raid earlier this week. This comes as the firm was accused of operating as a Ponzi scheme and...
View ArticleFrench market recovered in 2015 says FNAIM (ICREA - International Consortium...
(Source: ICREA - International Consortium of Real Estate Associations) All news February 16, 2016 At a recent press conference, the French real estate federation, FNAIM, said that in 2015 the real...
View ArticleSan Antonio Mother and Son Charged in Million Dollar Bank Fraud and...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas) In San Antonio, a mother and son have surrendered to federal authorities based on an alleged million dollar fraud scheme...
View ArticleMan, 71, sentenced to prison for real estate fraud
A 71-year-old man convicted of real estate fraud has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office reports. A Sacramento County jury in December found...
View ArticleActive Real Estate Joins Coldwell Banker Real Estate Franchise Network
TIFTON, Ga., Feb. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Active Real Estate is now serving the Tift and Ben Hill counties' residential real estate market as the newest member of the Coldwell Banker® global franchise...
View ArticleTwo Glendale Men Found Guilty of Laundering Illegal Proceeds of Multi-Million...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Los Angeles Field Office) LOS ANGELES - Two Glendale residents have been found guilty of laundering millions of dollars illegally generated by a health care...
View ArticleHow you just protected the future of Texas real estate (The Texas Association...
(Source: The Texas Association of Realtors) 03/02/2016 | Author: Editorial Staff Thank you, Texas REALTORS®. Your dedication to electing pro-real estate candidates to office paid off in a big way in...
View ArticleSan Diego Association of REALTORS® Selects RESAAS for Real-Time Listing...
(Source: RESAAS Services Inc) RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for the real estate services industry, is pleased to announce that it has signed a five year agreement with...
View ArticleFormer Anchorage Prosecutor Convicted in Wire Fraud and Money Laundering...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Anchorage Field Office) Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a former Anchorage resident and former municipal prosecutor...
View ArticleFormer Anchorage Prosecutor convicted in wire fraud and money laundering...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska) Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a former Anchorage resident and former municipal prosecutor...
View ArticleABJ's 2016 Residential Real Estate Awards unveiled
Realtors and homebuilders play a pivotal role in Austin's economic boom, shaping the city's housing future and finding places to live for the hundreds of new residents moving here each month. The...
View ArticleWatch Fox News' Megyn Kelly Grill Donald Trump On Trump University
Fox News host Megyn Kelly may as well have been on the debate stage at Thursday's Republican presidential debate in Detroit, because she wiped the floor with real estate mogul Donald Trump over a 2004...
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