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Change Lending to join Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco

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Change and the Treasury Department went through a short-lived legal dispute after the lender sued the CDFI Fund for its “flawed analysis and mathematical errors,” leading to a decertification of Change Lending. billion in 2022 production volume, per Scotsman Guide.

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2023 Real Estate Investing: Approach with Caution

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This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. For fix-and-flip investors, 2023 promises to be a very challenging year. The market shifted abruptly in mid-2022 as soaring mortgage rates pummeled affordability, removing many prospective homebuyers from the market.

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Former top executive withdraws lawsuit against Better.com and its founder

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.” Pierce filed the lawsuit against Better Holdco , Garg and general counsel Nicholas Calamari on June 8, 2022, under multiple claims including violation of labor laws, defamation and breach of fiduciary duty. Pierce’s employment ended in February 2022. In late September 2023, Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S.

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Did Michael Strauss, accused of fraud, just start a new mortgage company?

Housing Wire

There were no severance packages, and even health insurance was canceled retroactive to May 2022, leaving some on the hook for huge medical bills. with a start date on August 1, 2022, in Jacksonville, Florida, according to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS). Shocked employees didn’t receive their last paychecks.

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New Wave sues Sprout for defaulting on $32M purchase of mortgages

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New Wave said it requested bids from multiple investors from Jan. 20, 2022, to Feb. 15, 2022, for the purchase of 51 loans, with a total principal value of $32,864,270. A sharp rise in mortgage rates saddled the company with tens of millions of dollars in loans it couldn’t sell to investors in the secondary market at par.

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New Wave sues Sprout for defaulting on $32M purchase of mortgages

Housing Wire

New Wave said it requested bids from multiple investors from Jan. 20, 2022, to Feb. 15, 2022, for the purchase of 51 loans, with a total principal value of $32,864,270. A sharp rise in mortgage rates saddled the company with tens of millions of dollars in loans it couldn’t sell to investors in the secondary market at par.

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EPM files a counterclaim against Jesse Iwuji Motorsports

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The Atlanta-based mortgage lender is accusing the stock car racing team of breaking the agreement by changing the driver of the car starting in May 2022. The counterclaim is a response to a lawsuit filed by JIM in December 2022. Darren Heitner, JIM’s attorney and founder at Heitner Legal , P.L.L.C,

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