• California bills target condo deposits and defect liability,Richard Lawson

    California bills target condo deposits and defect liability

    California lawmakers are weighing bills that would reduce regulatory barriers to revive condominium construction, which has dropped significantly from its peak in the years before the Great Recession. Assembly Bill 1406 would raise the state’s liquidated-damages limit on new condominium sales from 3

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  • Lennar land bank exposure under the microscope,John McManus

    Lennar land bank exposure under the microscope

    All eyes are on Lennar’s forthcoming 10-K filing, maybe as soon as Thursday, as a wave of investor questions converges around one central issue: How much financial risk – recognized or not – sits inside the company’s land-light strategy? In recent days, that question has pitched from a routine analy

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  • Labor department rule would ease path for riskier 401(k) investments,Jonathan Delozier

    Labor department rule would ease path for riskier 401(k) investments

    The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule that would make it easier for retirement plan sponsors to include alternative investments — such as private equity, private credit, real estate and cryptocurrency — in workers’ 401(k) plans while reducing regulatory burdens and the threat of lawsuits.

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