Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The agreement puts an end to a short-lived legal dispute with the Treasury Department. In 2015, Levine’s former employer, TPG Global, also sued him for taking confidential documents and distributing them to media outlets after being denied a promotion. Levine was fired in March over multiple accusations of workplace misconduct.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

Boston, Massachusetts-based NGC, founded in 2015, is focused on making investments in health care services, financial services technology, distribution and logistics sectors. and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods served as financial advisors to Inco-Check Winston & Strawn served as legal counsel to NGC. Berkery Noyes & Co.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) ensures that homebuyers always have the legal right to consider alternative title insurance providers and can never be forced into using a particular provider. Often the buyer asks the real estate agent or lender for a recommendation, but we always encourage buyers to explore their options.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

Mid Valley, which started doing business with UWM in June 2015, sent at least 62 mortgages to Rocket and Fairway, the lawsuit claims. In February 2023, Rocket said it would pay the legal costs of brokerages who are sued by UWM for sending loans to Rocket. According to the lender, AML owes it $2.8

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2021

The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions. Roberts said that of those 303 counties, 44% saw market-rate rents rise more than voucher values from 2015 to 2020.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

Chief Operating Officer Rob Lux was named co-CEO for operations, technology, business development, client management, human resources, and legal. He returned to Cenlar in 2015 as chief risk officer and, in 2019, began an advisory role for the board. Dave Applegate, a board member since 2020, has been named the company’s chairman.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

We are no closer to being paid and he had the capital to open up Smart Rate Mortgage,” said a former employee who requested anonymity due to an ongoing legal case. In 2015, Strauss launched Sprout Mortgage, a mortgage lender focused on non-qualified mortgages (non-QM). “It’s truly unbelievable and nauseating.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2021

.” “This clarification knocks down barriers which have been in place for LGBTQ+ folks to obtain financing, and as a result, start building generational wealth for the families we’ve only legally been able to form since 2015,” Weyandt continued. more, equivalent to a total of $8.6

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

HUD said DACA recipients who are legally permitted to work in the U.S. This language was incorporated into the FHA Handbook by the Obama Administration in September 2015 although it was first incorporated into FHA guidelines in 2003. are eligible to apply for mortgages backed by the FHA. Earlier today and prior to 12:00 p.m.,

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

In addition, the company will retain key personnel across functions such as investments, finance and accounting, legal, tax, and treasury.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

RMK Financial Corporation , which does business as Majestic Home Loans , has been permanently banned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from the mortgage lending industry following a series of repeat offenses — which occurred despite the CFPB’s law enforcement order issued in 2015. government. government.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2021

” In other words, the agency said the 2020 update to the Fair Housing Act would have made it harder for those seeking justice to meet the legal threshold for proving unintentional discrimination. Supreme Court, which upheld the rule in 2015. ” Prior to the effective date of the 2020 rule, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

I think you will agree that our primary focus must be on furthering the business of the association which means we are fully engages on the legal, business and advocacy challenges that are top priority to you and the clients that you serve.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

During plaintiff lead attorney Michael Ketchmark’s cross examination of Warner, he presented her with some statistics showing that HomeServices affiliated agents in four Missouri markets paid buyer broker commissions of roughly 3% in at least 88% of the transactions completed between 2015 and 2022.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

ALTA was proud to work closely with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to help develop these regulations, which went into effect in 2015. Having owner’s title insurance means the cost of defense and legal fees that typically would be the homeowner’s responsibility instead are paid by the title insurer.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In 2015, Stewart was granted an “irrevocable and perpetual license” to install and use the ResWare software title production system product, which at that time was owned by Adeptive Software.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2023

real estate between 2015 and 2020, a trend that she said has been going on for decades. The department believes the proposed rule will close a loophole that allows corrupt oligarchs, terrorists and criminals to hide illegally obtained funds in U.S. real estate. According to a state from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in March, as much as $2.3

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Supreme Court, which upheld the rule in 2015. However, after the controversial changes were issued in 2020, a federal judge delivered a preliminary injunction in October to stop HUD from implementing the rule until the legal challenge was resolved. The use of disparate impact was challenged all the way up to the U.S.

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GoForrmz

AUGUST 14, 2023

Originally published on 10/29/2015 Simplify the collection and completion of critical authorizations with Digital Signature and eSignature fields Whether it’s a handwritten or electronic signature , signatures are being captured every day across various industries. Always verify your use of eSignature with your local laws.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Meanwhile, Mid Valley Funding, which started doing business with UWM in June 2015, sent at least 62 mortgages to Rocket and Fairway, the lawsuit claims. Therefore, UWM is moving forward with legal action enforcing the penalties laid out and agreed to in the contract,” the spokesperson said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The goal of the regulatory push is to prevent criminals from abusing legal corporate entities, such as shell companies, to conceal proceeds from “corrupt and criminal acts,” including using shell companies to launder or conceal illicit funds through the purchase of real estate assets. real estate between 2015 and 2020.”. metro areas.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

“The line of what is legal and illegal depends on who is running the CFPB,” Steve Murray, partner at RealTrends Consulting , said. In 2015, the CFPB released guidance to MSAs since its investigation showed that lenders, appraisal management and title insurance companies used it to disguise kickbacks and referral fees.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Trevor Dickens, 29, worked for loanDepot from 2015-2017 and 2020-2021, at the call center located in Plano (TX), when the company allegedly refused accommodations for his medical needs and subjected him to humiliation and anti-homosexual slurs.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

The legal threat that looms largest is what’s known as the “Moehrl case.” The case applies to sellers who paid a commission between 2015 and 2020 but could also apply to “current and future” sellers across 20 MLSs. If the NAR and brokerages lose, buyers would likely have to negotiate commissions with their own agent.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

Barton added that since 2015, Zillow has shrunk its Premier Agent partner base by roughly 60%, while increased its Premier Agent revenue by more than 2.5 “Eighty-percent of all real estate transactions across the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

McDermott also brought allegations of sexual harassment against Lamkin, who in 2015 alledgedly described “in graphic and offensive terms Plaintiff’s sexual activity which would have led to pregnancy.” ” McDermott said she told Moschella about Lamkin’s behavior, but he asked her not to make a formal complaint.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

According to the Urban Institute , the gap between white and Black homeownership rates is wider today than it was when redlining was legal — 42% of Black families are homeowners vs. 72% of white families. There is also an important racial justice aspect to Neighborhood Homes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

The lawsuit , first brought in 2015, takes issue with a policy that has been in place within New York City since 1988 and reserves 50% of the units in most subsidized affordable housing developments for residents of the local community district.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

As a result of this leak, Arrington tweeted that he and his family have been forced to move out of the house as their security team “could not find a way to make it work” and that they are taking ongoing legal action. The home was originally designed in 2015 by Florida-based architect Cesar Molina.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a result of this leak, Arrington tweeted that he and his family have been forced to move out of the house as their security team “could not find a way to make it work” and that they are taking ongoing legal action. The home was originally designed in 2015 by Florida-based architect Cesar Molina.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The most notable topic of discussion was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent rescinding of a 2015 compliance bulletin related to marketing services agreements (MSAs), which the bureau said “does not provide the regulatory clarity needed on how to comply with RESPA and Regulation X.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

Behemoth investment management firm PIMCO in 2015 purchased a stake in FMGC, according to a report by Inside Mortgage Finance at the time. Scott Goodwin, senior vice president of warehouse lending at Customers Bank, said the debt exposure in the FMGC case “is guaranteed by a PIMCO entity, and we expect to be paid in full.”.

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McKissock

MARCH 17, 2023

In other words, if you have been subject to any disciplinary action within the last 3 years that affects your legal eligibility to engage in appraisal practice, then you are not currently eligible to become a supervisory appraiser. You are still eligible to supervise trainees, according to the AQB’s requirements.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Ketchmark also highlighted Figgs’ notes from a May 2015 Keller Williams meeting, in which she wrote that “ Gary [Keller] believes strongly in collusion theory for why commissions are stable. ‘Co-opetition.’” In her deposition, Figgs said that since sending the email to Gonzalez, she had “largely dismissed” the study. Co-opetition.’”

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The Robert Weiler Company

JULY 4, 2022

But it’s important that you select books that are newly published; this is especially critical when you’re relying on the books for legal or tax-related information or forms. However, property management some books will focus on the tax, regulations, and legal aspects of renting spaces.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

The brokerage focuses on serving real estate professionals by offering them access to integrated technology, including a web-based dashboard and services that include mentorship; legal and compliance support; recruiting help; financial services; vetted business leads; customer-relationship management; and marketing resources.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

The company, which employs about 17 people, was founded in 2015, and is one of those approved to provide the Freddie Mac data report for its new remote inspection program. A certification lightens the legal liability of bias. At $50 to $100 per inspection, according to ProxyPics, it’s certainly less expensive than sending an appraiser.

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