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Why federal court struck down Trump’s mass detention policy
A federal court dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s mass detention of unauthorized immigrants in a new ruling that held many of them should have had opportunities to be released while awaiting deportation decisions. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the federal government for more than 30 years has treated people detained…
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Vacation-Home Mortgages Tick Up For First Time Since Pandemic Boom
Mortgages for second homes rose 4% year over year in 2025, the first annual increase in four years. That’s compared with a 1% increase for primary homes. Still, second-home mortgages account for just 3% of all home loans. Second-home purchases are rising because affluent buyers are fairly active in today’s housing market; additionally, demand dropped…
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15% Fewer Canadians Are Searching for Homes in the U.S. Than Last Year
The number of Canada-based Redfin.com users searching for U.S. homes fell 15.3% year over year in June. Over the last two years, Canadian searches for U.S. homes have dropped roughly 37%. Canada-based home searches declined in 45 of the 50 most populous U.S. metros, with the biggest drops in San Antonio (-51.8%), Austin (-48.6%), Nassau…
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40 Redfin Agents Earn Top Honors in Chicago Magazine’s Latest Ranking of Chicago’s Top Real Estate Agents
Cheers to the 40 Redfin agents who were recognized in the Chicago Magazine‘s annual ranking of the metro area’s top real estate professionals. It highlights their outstanding sales performance and dedication to helping homebuyers and sellers throughout the six-county Chicago metro area: Daniel Close (Rank: No. 13) Niko Voutsinas (Rank: No. 23) Melissa Kingsbury (Rank:…
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Mortgage Rates Likely to Hold Stead Steady Following July Fed Meeting, But Uncertainty Looms as Fall Approaches
Takeaway: Mortgage rates will largely stay the same for now as the Fed opts against hiking and says little about future plans. There was a historically high level of uncertainty going into this meeting, but ultimately, the Fed decided against hiking today because financial markets did their work for them. The actions coming out of…
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Homebuying Demand Slows As Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level in a Year
Today’s housing market rewards patience over panic: With hundreds of thousands more sellers than buyers in the U.S., buyers in most of the country have time to peruse options and negotiate. U.S. pending home sales fell to their lowest level since early April during the four weeks ending July 26, dropping 1.7% in the last…
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Why confide in AI? Teens open up on why they trust chatbots
Why turn to artificial intelligence rather than a friend? For young people, it often comes down to not having to worry about what a peer or a parent thinks. That’s one takeaway from a new report by San Francisco-based Hopelab and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which surveyed 30 people between 14 and 22…
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Sindicato alega que Kaiser utilizó un algoritmo, y no médicos, para evaluar pacientes con problemas de salud mental
En una denuncia presentada ante los reguladores estatales, un sindicato de trabajadores de la salud alega que la herramienta digital de visitas electrónicas de Kaiser se utiliza para detectar la ansiedad y la depresión en los pacientes sin la supervisión clínica exigida por la ley.
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Court: Trump’s immigrant mass detention policy contradicts 30 years of precedent
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Trump administration’s policy of refusing bond hearings to most unauthorized immigrants who are detained in the interior of the United States.
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Watch: CalMatters’ 2nd Ideas Festival gathers elected leaders, community members, students, educators and more
In 14 sessions, 33 speakers shared their ideas and vision for the future of California. Watch our 10 mainstage sessions.
