Arnel Management has agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million to settle a state charge that it illegally withheld security deposits from apartment tenants, the state attorney general announced. The Costa Mesa-based company... Read more »
Los Angeles County has agreed to a $12-million settlement to resolve allegations that its home improvement lending program wrecked the finances of many borrowers and left them vulnerable to foreclosure. The settlement,... Read more »
Compass has joined the National Association of Realtors, Anywhere, Keller Williams and RE/MAX in settling the commission lawsuits. In a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday morning, the... Read more »
Everything you know about commissions is poised to change as NAR reaches a massive $418 million settlement. The moment has arrived — the moment to take charge. This summer, at Inman Connect... Read more »
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Friday announced that it has reached a settlement with four attorneys and their company, Consumer First Legal Group, over a long-running enforcement case regarding what... Read more »
A Koreatown apartment owner has agreed to pay $130,000 to settle allegations that one of its property managers sexually harassed tenants for nearly a decade. In May, the U.S. Department of Justice... Read more »
The City of Fullerton has made peace with California over its housing plan. Fullerton’s City Council reached a settlement with the state to update its so-called housing element and adopt a blueprint... Read more »
Invitation Homes has agreed to pay $2.04 million in civil penalties to settle a lawsuit brought by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the California Department of Justice announced on Jan. 8. Invitation... Read more »
Celebrity real estate agent Mauricio Umansky will not face a civil trial for allegedly violating his duties as a broker in the sale of a prominent Malibu hilltop mansion that he flipped... 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 »