Debra Kamin

Calls for Craig Steinley to step down from the Appraisal Institute began immediately after The New York Times revealed claims of improper touching from multiple women.The vice president of the nation’s key trade group for real estate appraisers, Craig Steinley, has been removed from his role, less than two weeks after a New York Times

Six women have now filed lawsuits against eXp Realty, with similar claims that they were drugged and then attacked while attending an event for the brokerage.A real estate agent filed a lawsuit on Monday against the brokerage eXp Realty, accusing it of failing to investigate when she reported that she believed she had been drugged

The same auction house that sold President Trump’s childhood home for millions in 2017 will take bids for the modest three-bedroom where Pope Leo XIV once lived.The childhood home of the first American pope will be sold to the highest bidder in an online auction in June, a new marketing strategy for a three-bedroom house

Several women said Craig Steinley, the vice president of the Appraisal Institute, touched them inappropriately — a pattern of allegations that industry insiders say was ignored by the influential trade group.The vice president of the nation’s key trade group for real estate appraisals has agreed to step away from his duties, after a New York

The Appraisal Institute faces concerns that one of its leaders has a history of harassing women and that it did not disclose that some certification exams were incorrectly scored. The organization that influences how much houses and commercial buildings are worth in the United States privately paid one woman $412,000 to settle a sexual harassment

Compass, one of the largest brokerages in the country, has sued a real estate database in Seattle and accused it of “monopolistic” and “anticompetitive” behavior.A turf war is erupting in the residential real estate industry, with the biggest names — including Compass, Redfin, Zillow and Homes.com — falling into two increasingly stratified camps when it

The inquiry is another roadblock to efforts by HUD and DOGE to slash funds earmarked for the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, will now face a federal inquiry into their attempts to slash funds earmarked for the enforcement

One year after a settlement, sellers and buyers alike say that some agents are using loopholes to resist change.Kirk Downing knows the ins and outs of selling a home: His is a military family, and he, his wife and their two young sons have moved five times in the past 12 years.So when The New

“Soon there’ll be no enforcement,” said Representative Maxine Waters of California. “We really are going to go backward.”Representative Maxine Waters of California and Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts say they are banding together to fight the Trump administration’s recent cuts that they say will leave Americans unprotected from housing discrimination.On Monday, the two Democrats delivered

A year after a landmark settlement called for a disruption in how real estate agents are paid, people say they still feel forced to pay them excessive commissions.When Mike Chambers was ready to sell his house in Boulder, Colo., last month, he interviewed a handful of real estate agents who promised he could fetch $2.75