In Hurricane Ian’s Wake, Insurers and Homeowners Gear Up for Coverage Fights

Litigation is looming for home insurers in Florida as cash-strapped, underinsured homeowners—paired with an aggressive plaintiffs’ bar—are expected to turn to the court system to try to force payments...

Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Hangs Legal Defense on Expert Testimony

Updated Oct. 4, 2022 3:02 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Lawyers for Trevor Milton are anchoring the Nikola founder’s defense against securities-fraud charges on the testimony of a Harvard profes...

After Years of Low Mortgage Rates, Home Sellers Are Scarce

Homeowners with low mortgage rates are balking at the prospect of selling their homes to borrow at much higher rates for their next homes, a development that could limit the supply of houses for sale ...

New York Suit Against Trump Mixes Routine Business Law, Uncommon Allegations

The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against former President Donald Trump uses a common state business law to make allegations about property valuations, which lawyers say are rarely the focus of ...

Nikola CEO Tells Jurors He Worried About Exaggerations by Company Founder Trevor Milton

Nikola CEO Mark Russell told a New York federal jury Monday that he had concerns about joining the electric-truck company because he believed its founder, Trevor Milton, “was prone to exaggeration in ...

Everyone’s a Landlord—Small-Time Investors Snap Up Out-of-State Properties

Jack Cronin found San Francisco-area homes too expensive or too far from the city center to buy when he lived there in 2020. The tech worker still wanted a piece of the hottest housing market of his l...

U.S. Home Prices Jumped to Record High in Second Quarter

Home prices continued to climb across nearly all the U.S. in the second quarter, when buyer demand started to fade due to higher mortgage rates but still exceeded the housing market’s unusually low su...