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CFPB Settles Enforcement Suit Filed 10 Years Ago

CFPB Settles Enforcement Suit Filed 10 Years Ago

by Phil Hall | Feb 8, 2024 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced a $12 million settlement that resolves an enforcement suit brought 10 years ago against a foreclosure relief operation that the agency identified as a scam. In May 2014, the CFPB filed a complaint against...
CFPB Settles Enforcement Suit Filed 10 Years Ago

CFPB Issues Guidance on Background Check Reports and Credit File Sharing

by Phil Hall | Jan 11, 2024 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance to consumer reporting companies to address inaccuracies in background check reports and problems in credit file sharing practices. According to the agency, the advisory opinion on background check reports...
CFPB Settles Enforcement Suit Filed 10 Years Ago

CFPB Fines Bank of America $12 Million Over HMDA Violations

by Phil Hall | Nov 28, 2023 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, 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 Settles Enforcement Suit Filed 10 Years Ago

CFPB Sues Freedom Mortgage Over ‘Providing False Data’

by Phil Hall | Oct 10, 2023 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Mortgage Information, 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 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, 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...
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