California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to protect Los Angeles County victims of the ongoing wildfires from predatory land speculators offering unsolicited cash offers to purchase their property. In a statement from the governor’s office, the executive...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released an advisory opinion and research report highlighting predatory lending concerns related to contract-for-deed home selling. In a press statement, the CFPB warned that contract-to-deed transactions “often have...