Banks reported having tightened lending standards across almost all categories of residential real estate loans over the fourth quarter of 2023 amid an elevated interest rate environment. There’s some optimism, however. With... Read more »
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After a long period of silence and extensions granted by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Ginnie Mae has filed its response to a lawsuit brought against it... Read more »
Home-equity lending overall found its wings in 2023 as a number of independent mortgage banks ramped up product lines over the course of the year — despite a bump in the road... Read more »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued the developer and lender Colony Ridge on Wednesday, alleging the company operated an illegal land sales scheme and made false statements targeting tens of thousands of... Read more »
Mortgage industry trade group Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) is urging government agencies to begin to have conversations surrounding the impact of the jury verdict and potential court ruling in the... Read more »
A former mortgage consultant who worked for Wells Fargo and ultimately brought a case against the company in a Southern California court over allegedly being fired for complaining about discriminatory lending practices... Read more »
Mike Cagney’s financial technology firm Figure Technologies has taken another step to go public with its lending division, LendCo, hiring investment banks to coordinate the initial public offering (IPO), per a Bloomberg report. People familiar... Read more »
CUSO Home Lending rolled out Dark Matter Technologies’ Empower loan origination system (LOS) for its credit union owners. CUSO Home Lending — a lender owned by Maine credit unions — became the... Read more »
Nonbank originator Change Lending and the U.S. Department of the Treasury have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which the lender claims “flawed analysis and mathematical errors” led to its decertification as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).... Read more »