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.

Struggling Pacific Science Center envisions a new hands-on main attraction, explores real estate deal in bid to stay afloat.

Struggling Pacific Science Center envisions a new hands-on main attraction, explores real estate deal in bid to stay afloat.

Struggling Pacific Science Center envisions a new hands-on main attraction, explores real estate deal in bid to stay afloat.

Learn how to recognize and prevent the latest real estate scams.

Real estate fraud is more prevalent than ever, with homebuyers and sellers losing millions to wire fraud, fake listings and scam agents. Learn how to identify and prevent real estate scams before they cost you.

Learn how to recognize and prevent the latest real estate scams.

Learn how to recognize and prevent the latest real estate scams.

B.C.’s financial regulator has cancelled the licence of a real estate agent who used the services of a so-called ‘shadow’ mortgage broker to buy a house using fake documents a year after declaring a negative annual income of $459.

B.C.’s financial regulator has cancelled the licence of a real estate agent who used the services of a so-called ‘shadow’ mortgage broker to buy a house using fake documents a year after declaring a negative annual income of $459.