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CFPB Fines Bank of America $12 Million Over HMDA Violations

CFPB Fines Bank of America $12 Million Over HMDA Violations

by Phil Hall | Nov 28, 2023 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced it is ordering Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) to pay a $12 million penalty for running afoul of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) by submitting false mortgage lending information to the federal...
CFPB Fines Bank of America $12 Million Over HMDA Violations

CFPB Sues Freedom Mortgage Over ‘Providing False Data’

by Phil Hall | Oct 10, 2023 | Industry Updates, Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against Freedom Mortgage Corp. that alleged its mortgage loan data that was “riddled with errors” and put the Boca Raton, Florida-based company in violation of both the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)...
CFPB Mortgage Report: Higher Closing Costs, More Denials for Insufficient Income

CFPB Mortgage Report: Higher Closing Costs, More Denials for Insufficient Income

by Phil Hall | Sep 27, 2023 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Closing costs and monthly mortgage payments spiked last year while Black and Hispanic buyers faced higher levels of denial on home loans, according to the new report “Data Point: 2022 Mortgage Market Activity and Trends,” published by the Consumer Financial Protection...
CFPB Fines Bank of America $12 Million Over HMDA Violations

15 Years Later: How the Subprime Mortgage Fiasco Gave Rise to the CFPB

by Rohit Chopra | Sep 26, 2023 | Guest Opinion, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Fifteen years ago, in mid-September, Lehman Brothers collapsed and the financial system crashed. Troubles in the U.S. mortgage market infected the entire globe, and American families and businesses lost trillions of dollars and experienced an incalculable level of...
CFPB Fines Bank of America $12 Million Over HMDA Violations

CFPB Issues Guidance on How Lenders Can Use AI Tools

by Phil Hall | Sep 19, 2023 | Industry Updates, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a guidance related to legal requirements that lenders must follow when using artificial intelligence (AI) and other complex models. The CFPB noted that creditors often use complex algorithms with large...
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