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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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Friday, July 10, 2026
Top Stories
First Major Housing Reform In Decades Becomes Law Without Trump's Signature
CZARINNA ANDRES, National Mortgage Professional
The most significant federal housing legislation in decades is becoming law, even without President Donald Trump's signature, ending months of uncertainty over a bipartisan package aimed at expanding housing supply, modernizing federal housing programs, and improving affordability.
U.S. Existing Home Sales Dip in June
World Property Journal
U.S. existing-home sales declined in June 2026 as a modest uptick in mortgage rates weighed on buyer activity, underscoring the housing market's continued sensitivity to affordability despite a resilient labor market and improving year-over-year purchasing conditions.
National News
Here’s what the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ federal housing bill means for California
BEN CHRISTOPHER, CalMatters
The largest single piece of federal housing legislation to come out of Congress in at least a generation is about to become law. It will happen in the middle of the night, without much fanfare and it might be a while before many Californians notice its effects. That’s because though the bill is politically monumental, it doesn’t do one big thing. Instead, it does a lot of little things
California News
S.F. tells developers to build their office projects — or lose them
J.K. DINEEN, LAURA WAXMANN, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
City Hall has a message for developers sitting on stalled office projects: Use it or lose it. In a memo shared with the San Francisco’s Planning Commission Thursday, Planning Department Director Sarah Dennis Phillips laid out a dramatic policy shift: Commercial office projects that have not shown a good-faith effort to move toward development could immediately lose their Proposition M allocation — a limited pool of office space that the Planning Department doles out each year.
The California Street Where Strict Rules Govern How Much Homes Can Change
E.B. SOLOMONT, Wall Street Journal (Subscription)
Southern California has many architecturally significant homes, but they are in danger of being destroyed by those who want to renovate extensively or tear them down to build new houses, said Alan Hess, an architect and preservation advocate. Across the region, “we have lost quite a number of excellent houses,” he said.
Industry News
FTC’s challenge to Zillow-Redfin partnership headed to trial
HOLDEN WALTER-WARNER, The Real Deal (Subscription)
A challenge struck up by the Federal Trade Commission against Zillow and Redfin’s $100 million multifamily listing syndication deal is headed to trial. During a hearing on Wednesday, counsel for the FTC argued the syndication deal between Zillow and Redfin — a Rocket Companies subsidiary — reduced competition in the internet apartment listings space.
NAR’s pre-market guidance stresses broker responsibility
ANDREA V. BRAMBILA, Real Estate News
The National Association of Realtors has rolled out its promised guidance on pre-market and office exclusive listings. The guidance emphasizes that sellers choose the exposure their listing gets, that it is a broker's responsibility to explain their options and get the required disclosure forms signed, and that brokers are expected to follow MLS rules, whose enforcement "is the responsibility of the local MLS."
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When Even the Owners Call it ‘Disaster Mansion’
ALEXANDRA MARVAR, New York Times (Subscription)
First-time buyers from the Bay Area won an abandoned house at a Kingston, N.Y. tax auction. Eight years later, they’re still restoring it.
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