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Rep. Swalwell Drops Lawsuit Against FHFA’s Pulte Over Mortgage Fraud Charges

Rep. Swalwell Drops Lawsuit Against FHFA’s Pulte Over Mortgage Fraud Charges

by Phil Hall | Mar 23, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has dropped his lawsuit against Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), after claiming Pulte used a mortgage fraud investigation against him as an act of political retribution. Politico reports the lawsuit was...
Rep. Swalwell Drops Lawsuit Against FHFA’s Pulte Over Mortgage Fraud Charges

Report: Right-Wing News Site Inspired Pulte’s Mortgage Fraud Charges Against Swalwell

by Phil Hall | Dec 22, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The source for the mortgage fraud criminal referral made by Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), a longtime political foe of President Trump, has been identified as a right-wing news site. A review of government...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Nov. 24-28

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Nov. 24-28

by Phil Hall | Nov 28, 2025 | Hits and Misses, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Thought leaders saying the right thing, revenge seekers doing the wrong thing, and a new movie and book worth pursuing. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Nov. 24-28. Hit: The Right Words. James Fishback, the CEO...
Rep. Swalwell Drops Lawsuit Against FHFA’s Pulte Over Mortgage Fraud Charges

Swalwell Sues Pulte Over Mortgage Fraud Allegations

by Phil Hall | Nov 25, 2025 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has filed a lawsuit against Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, accusing him of violating the First Amendment and the Privacy Act of 1974 in his criminal referral to the Department of Justice that alleged the...
Rep. Swalwell Drops Lawsuit Against FHFA’s Pulte Over Mortgage Fraud Charges

FHFA’s Pulte Makes Mortgage Fraud Referral Against Trump Foe Rep. Swalwell

by Phil Hall | Nov 13, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has become the latest target of mortgage fraud accusations leveled by Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). NBC News, sourcing its coverage from an unnamed “person familiar with the referral,” reports that...

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