A real estate company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to pay $250 million to settle lawsuits nationwide claiming that longstanding practices by real estate brokerages forced U.S. homeowners to pay artificially inflated broker commissions when they sold their homes. HomeServices of America said Friday that the proposed settlement would shield its 51 […]
Chip machine manufacturer ASML is buying up Veldhoven real estate on a large scale to accommodate its plans for expansion, RTL Nieuws reports based on its analysis of plots sold around the ASML factories. The tech company recently spent at least 53 million euros, excluding taxes, purchasing land around its existing factories, approximately the same size as the site ASML already owns.
Babak Zanjani, an Iranian oil sales intermediary who was previously sentenced to death for embezzling billions in oil revenue, will instead now serve a 20-year prison sentence.
Prosecutors said Hill created a Ponzi scheme by taking an investor’s money budgeted to buy homes and, instead, used it to live lavishly.
Almost five years after Elijah McClain died after being put in a neck hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine, three of five Denver-area first responders prosecuted in the Black man’s death have been convicted
A real estate agent in Melbourne has received a three-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to stealing almost $100,000 from an elderly client of hers, and spending the money on expensive goods for herself. Hayley Philpot, a 29-year-old agent, pleaded guilty in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to taking advantage of being given power of attorney for […]
An Iowa City man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on firearm possession charges related to the death of a 3-year-old child on April 17, according to a press release by the Southern District of Iowa U.S. Attorney’s Office. On July 3, 2022, Chris Gordon, a 34-year-old two-time convicted felon, possessed a stolen
Home values have increased 6.4 percent in the last year, a new index shows. San Diego has seen the biggest uptick in prices, rising 11.4 percent year-on-year. By comparison, Portland, OR, saw the slowest rate of growth of any US metro. Scroll down to the end for a table for the top 20 metros
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EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) —The attorney general announced a Pennsylvania nurse, who allegedly killed and mistreated patients under her care, has been sentenced to life in prison. According to Attorney General Michelle Henry, Heather Pressdee will spend the rest of her life in prison, without the possibility of parole, for intentionally administering lethal doses of insulin []
In this article, we will look into the 25 richest billionaires in real estate industry. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of the real estate market, you can go directly to the 5 Richest Billionaires in Real Estate Industry. Global Real Estate Industry According to a report by Savills, global real estate which