Real estate agent charged with price gouging

LA Real Estate Agent Hit With First Price Gouging Charges After Fires
A real estate agent in La Cañada is the first person to be charged with price gouging after the Los Angeles fires.
Top real estate CEO says fire-ravaged LA residents are desperate for a place ‘to live for the week’ amid waves of price gouging
Redfin chief executive Glenn Kelman said one of his agents lost her home to the fires that tore through Los Angeles. She found a home for rent, listed at $5,600 a month, he said. But when she called, the landlord had nearly doubled the price to $11,000 a month. So she drove down the southern California coast to search for a hotel in Orange County.
Price gouging after disasters like the LA fires is illegal. But it's happening anyway.
Property owners may not jack up rental costs more than 10% in the wake of a disaster like the LA fires. Here's what tenants need to know.
Price Gouging Hits the Housing Market Amid California Wildfires
Newsweek found properties that jacked up their prices during the California wildfires raising concerns of potential price gouging.
Realtor says ‘there’s been a mistake’ after state charges him with price-gouging in wake of Eaton fire
The realtor denied the accusation, and said the home was rented to a family affected by the wildfires at a lower price.
Southern California Real Estate Agent Charged With Price Gouging Post-Eaton Fire
California AG accuses real estate agent Mike Kobeissi of price gouging, raising a house rent by 38% after the Eaton Fire. The DOJ has issued warnings and stresses the importance of reporting such violations.
Some price-gouging rules could be keeping high-end homes off L.A.'s rental market
A law barring monthly rents of more than $10,000 for new listings is stopping high-end homes from going on the market, real ...
Prohibiting price gouging, expanding NIL payments for college athletes and more from the Colorado legislature
Colorado grocery stores would be prohibited from “unfairly or unconscionably” raising prices on their products under new ...
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Fines, Warnings and Peer Pressure Attempt to Reign in Rampant Price Gouging in L.A.’s Upturned Housing Market
A race to clamp down on landlords and businesses seeking to take advantage of the wildfires appears to be shifting the ...
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California’s Anti-Price Gouging Law Could Make It Harder for Victims of the Wildfires To Find Temporary Shelter
The emergency law caps rents to a ‘fair market value’ determined by HUD, but the caps are so low that many high-end ...
Money & the Law: Colorado seeks to protect consumers from price gouging
As you may have heard, the Los Angeles fires have generated a rash of price gouging, particularly in regard to residential ...
Florida AG Ashley Moody activates price gouging hotline for severe winter weather
The hotline is open for reports of extreme price increases on essential commodities while under the state of emergency.