Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawyers blasted President Donald Trump’s move to oust her as based on nothing more than a pack of “cut-and-paste” allegations related to mortgage fraud. In a flurry of court filings Tuesday, Cook’s lawyers emphasized arguments that Trump lacked valid grounds to fire Cook “for cause,” a key issue in her […]
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Freddie Mac and its former executives won’t go to trial in a decades-old lawsuit stemming from the Great Financial Crisis, following a federal judge’s latest order. U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson last Friday granted Freddie and its former officers summary judgment in a case brought by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS). The
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Change Lending is seeking over $1 million in damages from a mortgage banker it says violated a servicing purchase agreement. The plaintiff firm, a large player in a government-sponsored lending program, is suing Village Capital & Investment over transactions involving government-backed loans. Village allegedly owes Change a combined $1.3 million in part for failing to
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Mr. Cooper’s $25 charge to borrowers for expedited payoff quote statements passes legal muster, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein last week granted summary judgment in favor of the lender and servicer in the consumer lawsuit that drew the attention of federal regulators. Plaintiffs have argued for over a year that
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A Massachusetts judge denied a home equity investment platform’s request to dismiss a state lawsuit filed against it in a case that could provide clues to how products from such companies might ultimately be defined. State Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell originally sued HEI platform Hometap in February, putting forth multiple claims, including allegations that
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Real estate investment trust Two settled its long-running litigation with its former external manager Pine River for a one-time payment of $375 million. The dispute escalated in July 2020, when Pine River and affiliated entities dismissed a state court legal filing and instead pursued the case in federal court. At the same time, Two, the
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Mr. Cooper can finish what Homepoint started and seek damages from a small lender over a repurchase request, a federal judge has ruled. The massive lender and servicer which purchased Home Point Financial in August 2023 did not indicate in court filings nor a statement whether it would pursue the lingering case against Pennsylvania-based Amres
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President Trump is demanding the resignation of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after his housing chief accused her of lying on mortgage applications. The allegations, if true, could force a shake-up at the central bank and hand Trump another appointment. “Cook must resign, now!!!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday, including a link
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The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over a pair of mortgages, the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to increase legal scrutiny of Democratic figures and appointees. FHFA Director Bill Pulte, a staunch ally of President
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Forty-one former employees of Fannie Mae on Wednesday sued the company, its chief executive and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte for alleged defamation related to their dismissals in April. The ex-employees of the government-controlled mortgage giant are seeking damages amounting to more than $2 million per person, according to complaints filed in Fairfax
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