Author name: Ricky Vasquez

After exchanging post-hearing briefs late last week in their ongoing antitrust dispute, Zillow, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass filed replies to each others’ briefs on Monday.  In briefs filed last Thursday, Zillow alleged an “unlawful conspiracy” to cut off its access to Chicagoland listing data while defendants Compass and MRED countered that the […]

Stockton Mortgage recently announced that it has appointed Christy Soukhamneut as its new chief strategy and innovation officer. Soukhamneut brings more than 20 years of executive leadership experience across independent mortgage banks, banks and credit unions — including prior roles with University Federal Credit Union, Texas Capital Bank and Flagstar Bank. She continues to serve

Ground leases are reshaping how affordable housing developers finance projects amid scarce capital and rising construction costs. Two recent deals show the trend taking hold in expensive, reform-minded markets. In Santa Cruz County, The Pacific Companies, an affordable housing developer in the West, closed a 99-year ground lease with Safehold for a 256-unit tax credit