by Jeff Sorg | Jun 4, 2015 | California Real Estate, Georgia Real Estate, Mortgage, Nevada Real Estate, Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate, Washington Real Estate
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a complaint in federal district court against RPM Mortgage, Inc. and its CEO, Erwin Robert Hirt, for illegally paying bonuses and higher commissions to loan originators to incentivize them to steer consumers into...
by Jeff Sorg | Jun 3, 2015 | California Real Estate, Georgia Real Estate, Nevada Real Estate, Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate, Washington Real Estate
(Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd) – The Massachusetts top court ruled today (June 3, 2015) that real estate brokerages can continue to hire real estate agents as independent contractors. The decision is a finding against a group of real estate agents who filed suit...
by Jeff Sorg | Jun 2, 2015 | California Real Estate, Georgia Real Estate, Mortgage, Nevada Real Estate, Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate, Washington Real Estate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the State of Florida were granted a final judgment against the Hoffman Law Group and corporate affiliates accused of using deceptive marketing practices and scamming distressed homeowners into...
by Jeff Sorg | Jun 2, 2015 | California Real Estate, Contractor, Georgia Real Estate, Mortgage, Nevada Real Estate, Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate, Washington Real Estate
(Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd) – CoreLogic® has released its April 2015 CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®). The nationwide index shows that home prices, including distressed sales, increased by 6.8 percent in April 2015 compared with April 2014. This represents 38 months...
by Jeff Sorg | May 29, 2015 | California Real Estate, Georgia Real Estate, Mortgage, Nevada Real Estate, Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate, Washington Real Estate
(Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a joint complaint against Provident Funding Associates for charging higher broker fees on mortgage loans to African-American and...
by Jeff Sorg | May 28, 2015 | California Real Estate, Georgia Real Estate, Mortgage, Nevada Real Estate, Oregon Real Estate, Real Estate, Washington Real Estate
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)on May 26, 2015 announced an agreement with Associated Bank, N.A. (Associated) to resolve a disparate treatment redlining case, one of the largest redlining complaints brought by the federal...