Four people — including a flashy real estate agent with a penchant for leopard-print boots — allegedly stole three pricey homes in Queens through a deed fraud scheme, prosecutors said Tuesday. Real estate agent Autumn Valeri, 41, of Commack, New York — known for her colorful Instagram presence — and her accomplices forged signatures and filed fake documents with the City Register’s office two years ago to take over the homes worth more than $3…
It can prove daunting to change careers, especially when the individual changing their career has been in their previous position for a decade. Impressively, Laura Elleby, realtor and co-founder of luxury real estate company the E+E Group of Compass, has done just that.
A Queens realtor and three of her associates used fake deeds to steal three houses from their rightful owners, including the homes of two elderly woman, authorities said on Tuesday.
Former real estate CEO Jonathan Larmore was sentenced to 5 years in prison for manipulating WeWork stock, with no means to follow through on a fake tender offer.
Andrew Cuomo has replaced Eric Adams as the real estate industry’s favored mayoral candidate — at least for now.The ex-governor’s new $1.5 million fundraising disclosure — and an accompanying $1.2 million in new donations to the state-level super PAC supporting him — are dominated by industry names. Developer Scott Rechler, CEO of RXR, donated $250,000 to the pro-Cuomo super PAC and the maximum $2,100 to Cuomo’s campaign; A&E CEO Douglas Eisenberg contributed $125,000 to the PAC, and Lightstone Real Estate Partners gave $100,000.Developers, brokers and landlords had been hesitant to abandon Mayor Eric Adams, whose tenure in office has generally pleased the industry. But with Adams’ re-election in doubt and his fundraising collapsing, businesspeople are donating generously to Cuomo — as well as a few other mayoral candidates. That’s despite some initial wariness among some real estate leaders who view Cuomo as unpredictable and vindictive.
A Disney-designed neighborhood in the Coachella Valley with multi-million dollar homes, a Club 33-like private lounge, Incredibles-inspired clubhouse and Disney chef-run restaurant is likely the cl…
Real estate companies are making sure the words “diversity,” “equity” and “inclusion” do not appear next to each other in public filings. More than a dozen publicly traded firms that had dedicated sections about DEI in last year’s annual reports removed that language in Securities Exchange Commission filings this year. Some swapped diversity lingo for […]
Napa: what were the changes in real estate prices last week?
The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge in Boston to reject a $4 million consumer settlement in New England that it warned may not fairly compensate home sellers and would keep artificially inflated real estate fees in place.
