Runaway house price inflation continues to characterize the U.S. market. House prices across the country rose 15.8% on average in October 2021 from the year before. U.S. house prices are far over their 2006 Bubble peak, and remain over the Bubble peak even after adjustment for consumer price inflation.

Blockchain technology is revolutionizing real estate industry, from smart contracts, property sale, due diligence to title management. The decentralized ledger technology of blockchain in real estate can help to bring more secure land registry procedures and prevent land fraud.

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the FBI, blocking the agency from using civil asset forfeiture procedures to seize the property of four customers of a Beverly Hills safe deposit box company that the FBI raided in connection with a criminal probe.

On July 11th, President Temer approved Law 13,465/2017 which mainly deals with federal land regularization for rural, urban and Amazonian lands. The new law is based on what was previously a provisional measure, MP 759.