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Report: CFPB Pushing Ahead on Rulemaking Before Trump’s Return

Report: CFPB Pushing Ahead on Rulemaking Before Trump’s Return

by Phil Hall | Dec 2, 2024 | Current News & Events, Market Snapshot, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is reportedly rushing to complete new rulemaking ahead of the transition to Donald Trump’s second presidential administration. According to a Reuters report sourced from three unnamed “people familiar with the...
Report: CFPB Pushing Ahead on Rulemaking Before Trump’s Return

CFPB in Settlement with Townstone Financial Over Alleged Chicago Redlining

by Phil Hall | Nov 4, 2024 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a proposed order to resolve charges that Townstone Financial, a nonbank mortgage broker and lender, intentionally discriminated against predominantly Black neighborhoods in Chicago in violation of the Equal...
Fairway Mortgage Corp. Settles Redlining Charges, Accusing Feds of Politically Motivated Probe

Fairway Mortgage Corp. Settles Redlining Charges, Accusing Feds of Politically Motivated Probe

by Phil Hall | Oct 17, 2024 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Madison, Wisconsin-based Fairway Mortgage Corporation has agreed to a nearly $10 million settlement of redlining charges brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), with the company claiming the probe into its...
Guest Opinion: The CFPB’s Approach to Mortgage Refinancing

Guest Opinion: The CFPB’s Approach to Mortgage Refinancing

by Rohit Chopra | Sep 10, 2024 | Current News & Events, Guest Opinion, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Rohit Chopra is director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This article is adapted and edited from a speech delivered yesterday at the National Housing Conference in Washington, DC. While we often focus on homeownership as a vehicle for accumulating...
Report: CFPB Pushing Ahead on Rulemaking Before Trump’s Return

CFPB Fines NewDay USA $2.25 Million Over Misleading Costs on Cash-Out Refinance Loans

by Phil Hall | Aug 30, 2024 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has fined New Day Financial (NewDay USA) $2.25 million for problems related to active duty servicemembers and veterans seeking cash-out refinance loans. New Day Financial is a nonbank direct mortgage lender headquartered...
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