A Washington state financial regulator slapped a $185,000 fine on mortgage brokerage Xpert Home Lending, and will revoke its ability to originate loans in the state if the firm does not follow an agreed upon consent order. The mortgage broker was accused of a handful of infractions including failing to license a number of its […]
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A pair of billion-dollar originators are sparring over poaching accusations which were allegedly orchestrated by a father and his sons. Idaho-based Premier Mortgage Resources is suing Canopy Mortgage for unspecified damages over a family’s alleged recruitment of their former PMR colleagues, and loans-in-progress, to Canopy. The Utah-based Canopy has asked a Washington federal court to
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Community development financial institution The Change Company won judgment against a firm led by its former employee, who previously sued the lender, lodging allegations of misconduct. The Anaheim, California-based parent of Change Lending filed suit in 2023 against Yeti Global Services, a company owned by its former chief of staff Adam Levine. Change accused Levine
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A Redfin shareholder vote planned for today, June 4, will proceed as planned, according to legal documentation published by a Washington federal court Tuesday. The vote is one of the final steps for closing Rocket Companies’ $1.75 billion acquisition of the real estate brokerage. In early May, plaintiff Jason Morano, a Redfin shareholder, sued the
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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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