Feds have terminated a consent order against a mortgage lender feds accused of “systemic racism” in the Philadelphia region. A federal judge Monday approved the government’s request to terminate its deal with Trident Mortgage, just over two years before it was set to expire. Attorneys with both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department […]
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Newrez wants to dismiss a trio of “zombie” second mortgage lawsuits, suggesting its servicing arm didn’t violate, nor is subject to, the lending laws consumers cite. Borrowers accuse Newrez’s Shellpoint of inflating the balances of their long-dormant second mortgages, and for long periods failing to send them monthly statement notices. The prospective class action complaints
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Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg The Department of Justice, which recently terminated one Biden-era fair lending consent order, is now pushing to free another bank from its obligations under a three-year-old redlining settlement. The DOJ filed an unopposed motion last week asking a federal judge to dismiss the department’s consent order with New Jersey-based Lakeland Bank more than
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The Trump administration is defending new building standards that over a dozen states and a leading industry trade group say will markedly raise housing costs. A federal judge this week scheduled a hearing which could determine the fate of the lawsuit over the adoption of energy efficiency standards a decade in the making. The Department
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United Wholesale Mortgage is victorious in yet another challenge to its “All-In” initiative after a federal appeals court ruled against a Florida brokerage. The Okavage Group filed an antitrust suit against UWM in 2021 over the megalender’s ultimatum for brokers working with competitors Rocket Cos. and Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. The brokerage, led by Dan
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A leading title insurer is suing two federal U.S. offices over a new “arbitrary and capricious” reporting rule aimed at preventing money laundering activity that it claims exceeds their authority. Fidelity National Financial and its similarly named title insurance subsidiary filed the lawsuit in a Florida federal district court in May. Named as defendants were
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Trustmark National Bank is enjoying an early exit from a consent order stemming from a Biden-era redlining investigation. The Jackson, Mississippi-based lender and servicer is free of the settlement with regulators 17 months early, following a federal judge’s approval last week. The Department of Justice, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the
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The Trump administration wants to back off yet another mortgage-related lawsuit, aiming to exit a dispute between borrowers and Mr. Cooper over alleged servicing junk fees. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked a judge to withdraw its amicus brief supporting plaintiffs challenging Mr. Cooper’s $25 expedited payoff quote statements. In that brief filed last August,
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Rocket Companies and Redfin are pushing back against a lawsuit that could disrupt the closing of the mortgage giant’s $1.75 billion acquisition of the real estate brokerage. Plaintiff Jason Morano, a Redfin shareholder, sued the brokerage and Rocket in early May, alleging that Redfin’s disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the deal omitted
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Two men will spend multiple years in federal prison for a scheme to buy a $1.3 million Virginia home. A federal judge this week sentenced Herman Estes Jr., of Fieldale, Virginia to 84 months in prison for the wire and tax fraud to purchase the Roanoke County home in March 2023. A co-conspirator, Daniel Heggins
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