• Redfin defends climate risk transparency after Zillow removes data,Brooklee Han

    Redfin defends climate risk transparency after Zillow removes data

    While Zillow made waves earlier this week after removing climate risk data, which was supplied by First Street Technologies, from its listings, Redfin has taken a different approach. In a post on LinkedIn, Redfin’s chief economist Daryl Fairweather wrote that her firm had made the choice to continue

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  • Housing affordability dominates California gubernatorial race,Richard Lawson

    Housing affordability dominates California gubernatorial race

    California has made significant efforts to address housing affordability through numerous new laws under Gov. Gavin Newsom. Candidates seeking to replace the term-limited Newsom, however, act as if little has been accomplished. The laws lacked swift, decisive enforcement to push the affordable goal,

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  • Senate Democrats warn CFPB shutdown could disrupt prime interest rates,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Senate Democrats warn CFPB shutdown could disrupt prime interest rates

    U.S. Senate Democrats sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) acting director Russell Vought raising concerns that any “efforts to shutter the agency” could disrupt the publication of average prime offer rates (APOR), a key benchmark in the mortgage market. The CFPB manually cal

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