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Monday through Friday (except state holidays) each week includes electronic format articles retrieved from newspapers or news services that report real estate related news in California and some national services. Coverage is for California newspapers that are available electronically via the Internet - and any significant related breaking news.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Top Stories
LA County sues State Farm for delays, denials of fire claims from survivors of 2025 wildfires
STEVE SCAUZILLO, Los Angeles Times (Subscription)
After reviewing more than 500 complaints of canceled, delayed or underpayments of wildfire claims from its policyholders impacted by the January 2025 wildfires, Los Angeles County announced on Monday, Aug. 31, it is suing State Farm Insurance for unfair, unlawful and deceptive business practices, officials said. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, echoes a lawsuit already filed by the state of California.
DR Horton fights RICO suit over lowballed escrow estimates
ANDREA MARTINEZ, National Mortgage News
The nation's largest home builder last week filed a motion to compel arbitration with the home buyers suing the company and its mortgage arm over its underwriting practices. The complaint is one of several lawsuits against real estate players invoking the claims meant to target organized crime, although industry firms in recent years have largely been successful in dismissing RICO counts.
National News
Why more homeowners across the U.S. are turning to an insurance that offers less coverage
BRIANNA SACKS, KEVIN CROWE, Washington Post (Subscription)
A last-resort insurance policy with fewer homeowner protections and less government oversight is booming, as traditional insurers continue to back away from areas of the country most vulnerable to extreme weather. The policies are growing fastest in California, Florida, Texas and South Carolina because increasingly intensifying weather and massive disasters are putting more insurers on the hook for substantial claim payouts.
Mortgage Rates Could Swing as Markets Brace for a September Fed Meeting
CHEN ZHAO, Redfin News
Rates could wobble quite a bit over the next two weeks leading up to the September 16th Fed meeting as Chair Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech last Friday put a hike back on the table, but ultimately the decision will come down to incoming economic data.
Modular housing fails to scale. Will policy reforms alter that?
TYLER WILLIAMS, HousingWire
Offsite construction accounts for just three out of 100 newly built U.S. homes annually, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), but multiple provisions in the recently passed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act aim to supercharge that.
California News
A raft of California housing bills heads to Newsom; here’s what’s new
RICHARD LAWSON, HousingWire
California lawmakers passed a package of housing bills and sent them to Gov. Gavin Newsom, spanning zoning, permitting, ADUs, and fees. The measures extend state preemption of local control by loosening density limits and tightening local review timelines.
Industry News
Compass, NWMLS settle 16-month legal battle
LILLIAN DICKERSO, Real Estate News
Compass and the Washington state-based Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) have settled their year-plus-long lawsuit, Compass announced on Monday. NWMLS will soon roll out a new listing status called “First Look,” which will allow access to listings and offers to be made during a pre-marketing period in which days on market and price drops will not be publicly displayed.
Real Estate Technology
How Realtors Are Really Using AI in the Age of “Real Estate Slop”
MARAH EAKIN, Dwell
Homeseekers are increasingly calling out listings as deceptive “housefishing”—and some professionals agree, even as they’re tapping the technology to streamline other parts of their jobs.
Property News
1 of 15 Eichlers in Marin County neighborhood hits market for $2.8M
ANNA MARIE EWERT, SFGate
Eichlers have become wildly popular, but in 5 Katrina Lane, we might just have an Eichler that stands out from the rest of its in-demand peers. Nestled in the trees along a creek, 5 Katrina Lane is one of just 15 Eichlers in this San Anselmo tract, and it’s for sale now for the first time since 2015, asking $2.75 million.
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