With home sale transactions down, fraudsters are turning to mortgage payoff fraud to secure bigger payouts. Mortgage payoff fraud occurs when a title company mistakenly sends a mortgage payoff to a fraudulent bank account after receiving wiring instructions that appear to be from the mortgage servic

Eminent domain is a real-world example of the Trolley Problem from moral philosophy. Eminent domain allows the government to take private property for the public good.

Two properties—a 6,000-square-foot estate in Palos Verdes Estates and a 10-acre hilltop residence in Rolling Hills Estates—sold for the top price in the last six months.

The ski towns favored by the one percent are such high-end places that workers can't afford to live there anymore. New initiatives aim to correct that problem.