Posts Tagged ‘State’
Oklahoma Accuses State Farm of Wrongly Denying Tornado Damage Claims
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has accused insurance giant State Farm of conducting a coordinated "corporate scheme" to deny homeowner claims for wind and hail damage.In a statement to Realtor.com®, State Farm denied the allegation...
Property Taxes By State: Compare Rates and Costs
Key Takeaways: Property taxes help fund essential public services and are based on the assessed value of property, not what you paid for it. New Jersey (1.88%), Illinois (1.88%), Connecticut (1.54%), Vermont (1.51%), and New Hampshire (1...
President Trump bashed State Farm on social media: Why it didn’t come out of the blue
Victims of the January 2025 wildfires unhappy with how insurers have handled their claims have filed lawsuits, protested and complained to local and state officials.This week, they got support from an unexpected ally: President Trump.“It was...
In choppy 2026, one state is many homebuilding markets
It may come as a surprise amid the noise, negativity, and volatility in today’s new-home market that Florida remains one of the most dynamic homebuilding markets in the country. The housing landscape in the nation’s third-most-popul...
Local fees trap state housing affordability reforms in a vicious circle
Procedural and zoning barriers are proving to be only the beginning of the gauntlet for adding new ground-up residential supply to America’s housing-starved communities. While removing red tape and outdated zoning laws might formalize...
A new mental health campus is coming to historic state hospital in Norwalk
The Metropolitan State Hospital opened in Norwalk in 1916, a self-contained facility complete with its own farm that treated people with mental illness. Over the decades, the facility drastically shrank, reflecting a larger deinstitutionalizat...
Real Estate Educator Fined by State Real Estate Officials
The California Department of Real Estate is settling its case against Real Estate Trainers Inc. and its former president, Lance McHarg. Under the agreement, McHarg and Real Estate Trainers Incorporated, founded in 1972 by Bob Morris and McHa...
Age and education in the golden state
Why this matters: Informed real estate agents and brokers understand how changes to California’s median age and level of education relate to the population’s debt obligations, available savings, and interest in ownership. Among recent high ...
