(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh a dispute over whether mortgage loan officers are exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay regulations. The two related cases concern a decision in 2010 by the U.S. Labor Department, which reversed a...
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – CFPB) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced that consumer complaint volume nearly doubled from 91,000 complaints received in 2012 to 163,700 complaints received in 2013. The CFPB’s Consumer Response Annual...
(Oregon Real Estate Agency – Salem, OR) Starting May 1, 2014, the Oregon Real Estate Agency will require active real estate licensees to provide continuing education course information electronically in eLicense during license renewal. Beginning May 1, 2014,...
(OnlineEd – Portland, OR) In addition it their free Oregon Law and Rule Required Course (“LARRC”) OnlineEd has just released a new online-delivered real estate agent safety course. Offered for 1-hour of continuing education in Oregon, the course...
(Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Washington, D.C.) Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered a Connecticut mortgage lender, 1st Alliance Lending, LLC (First Alliance), to pay an $83,000 civil money penalty for violating federal law by...